The Elections Act 2022 (Commencement No. 9, Transitional and Savings Provisions and Appointed and Specified Days) and Ballot Secrecy Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2023

Provisions coming into force on 31st October 2023

2.  The following provisions of EA 2022 come into force on 31st October 2023—

(a) section 3 (restriction of period for which person can apply for postal vote);

(b) section 6 (limit on number of electors for whom a proxy can vote), so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by paragraph (f);

(c) section 12 (local elections and Assembly elections in Northern Ireland), so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by paragraph (g);

(d) section 15 (voting and candidacy rights of EU citizens), so far as it relates to the provision brought into force by paragraph (h);

(e) Schedule 3 (restriction of period for which person can apply for postal vote);

(f) in Schedule 4 (proxy voting: limits and transitional provision)—

(i) paragraph 1, so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraphs (ii) and (iii);

(ii) in paragraph 2, sub-paragraph (1), so far as it relates to sub-paragraph (2), and sub-paragraph (2);

(iii) paragraph 3;

(iv) in paragraph 6, sub-paragraph (1), so far as it relates to sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (5), and those sub-paragraphs;

(v) paragraphs 8 to 11;

(g) in Schedule 6 (local elections in Northern Ireland and elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly)—

(i) paragraph 1, so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraphs (ii) and (iii);

(ii) paragraph 23, so far as it relates to the provision brought into force by sub-paragraph (iii);

(iii) in paragraph 26, sub-paragraph (1), so far as it relates to sub-paragraph (2), and sub-paragraph (2);

(iv) in paragraph 28, sub-paragraph (1), so far as it relates to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), and those sub-paragraphs;

(v) paragraph 29;

(vi) paragraphs 32 and 33;

(vii) paragraph 35, so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraph (viii);

(viii) paragraphs 36 and 45;

(ix) paragraphs 47 and 48;

(h) in Schedule 8 (voting and candidacy rights of EU citizens), paragraph 13.