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(4)Any entry in the register of parliamentary or local government electors, if it gives a date as that on which the person named will attain voting age, shall for any purpose of this Part relating to him as elector be conclusive that until the date given in the entry he is not of voting age nor entitled to be treated as an elector except for the purposes of an election at which the day fixed for the poll is that or a later date.
[F3(4A)Subsection (4) applies to an entry in the record of anonymous entries as it applies to an entry in the register of parliamentary or local government electors.]
[F4(5)A person registered as a parliamentary or local government elector, or entered in the list of proxies, shall not be excluded from voting on any of the following grounds: but this shall not prevent the rejection of the vote on a scrutiny, or affect his liability to any penalty for voting.
The grounds are—
(a)that he is not of voting age;
(b)that he is not, or, on [F5the relevant date]or the date of his appointment (as the case may be), was not—
(i)a Commonwealth citizen;
(ii)a citizen of the Republic of Ireland;
(iii)in the case of a person registered as a parliamentary elector in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration, a British citizen;
(iv)in the case of a person registered as a local government elector or entered in the list of proxies by virtue of being a relevant citizen of the Union, a relevant citizen of the Union;
(c)that he is, or, on the qualifying date or the date of his appointment (as the case may be), was, otherwise subject to any other legal incapacity to vote.]
[F6(6)In subsection (5) above “the relevant date” means—
(a)in relation to a person registered in the register in question as published in accordance with section 13(1) above, the 15th October immediately preceding the date of publication of the register;
(b)in relation to any other person registered in the register in question, the relevant date for the purposes of section 4 above.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 49(1)(2) repealed (29.1.2001 for certain purposes and 16.2.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 2, ss. 8(a), 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 12(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2) (with art. 2(4))
F2S. 49(3) repealed by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 28, Sch. 5
F3S. 49(4A) inserted (E.W.S.) (1.1.2007) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 10, 77, Sch. 1 para. 7; S.I. 2006/3412, art. 3, Sch. 1 paras. 1, 12(a) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 6, Sch. 2)
F4S. 49(5) substituted (6.8.1995) by S.I. 1995/1948, reg. 5(2), Sch. 2 paras. 5, 6
F5Words in s. 49(5)(b) substituted (29.1.2001 for certain purposes and 16.2.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(3); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2) (with art. 2(4))
F6S. 49(6) inserted (29.1.2001 for certain purposes and 16.2.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(4); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2) (with art. 2(4))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 49 applied with modifications (N.I.) by S.I. 1986/2250, regs. 2, 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. I
C2S. 49 extended (N.I.) (with modifications) by Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 3, SIF 42), ss. 2, 13(6), Sch. 1 Pt. I
C3S. 49 applied (E.W.S.) by S.I. 1986/2209, regs. 2, 3, 5(1)(6)–(8), Sch. 1 Pt. 1
C4S. 49 modified (17.2.1994) by S.I. 1994/342, regs. 2(2), 15(3), 16(3)
S. 49 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (4.5.1996) by S.I. 1996/1220, art. 3(1)(5)-(8), Sch. 1
S. 49 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (4.5.1996) by S.I. 1998/1126, art. 6, Sch. 2
S. 49 applied (with modifications) (1.8.2001) by S.I. 2001/2599, art. 3, Sch. 1 (as substituted (10.2.2009) by S.I. 2009/256, arts. 1(2), 3, Sch. 1)
C5S. 49(2)–(5) modified (N.I.) by Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 3, SIF 42), s. 13(5)(6)
C6S. 49(2)(4)(5) applied (with modifications) (31.7.1997) by 1997 c.61, s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 13 Table 1
C7S. 49(4)(5) applied (with modifications) (E.) (2.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1298, regs. 8(1), 10(4), Sch. 3 Table 2 (subject to regs. 9-12, 15-17, 20, 25)
S. 49(4)(5) applied (with modifications) (W.) (24.3.2004) by The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/870), reg. 8, {Sch. 3 Table 2} (which S.I. was revoked (24.7.2008) by S.I. 2008/1848)
S. 49(4)(5) applied (with modifications) (23.7.2004) by The Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1962), art. 6(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 2
C8S. 49(4)-(5) applied (with modifications) (E.) (28.7.2007) by The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2089), regs. 8, 11, 13, {Sch. 4 Table 1}
C9S. 49(4)(5) applied (with modifications) (W.) (24.7.2008) by The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Wales) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1848), reg. 8, {Sch. 4 para. 1 Table 1}
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