S. 5 repealed (E.W.S) (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 7 Pt. II; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 5(1) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 13(2), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 5(5) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 13(3), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 5(5A) inserted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(1), Sch. 6 para. 13(4); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 5(5AA) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 5(2)

S. 5(5B) inserted (1.7.2008) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 38(4), 77; S.I. 2008/1316, arts. 2(3), 5(a)

Words in s. 5(6) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 13(5), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 5(7) substituted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(1), Sch. 6 para. 13(6); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 6 repealed (E.W.S.) (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(2), Sch. 7 Pt. II; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 6(1) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 14(2)(a), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 6(1)(a) substituted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(1), Sch. 6 para. 14(2)(b); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 6(1)(b): Word "and" omitted (1.12.2002) by virtue of 2002 c. 13, s. 3(2)(a); S.I. 2002/1648, art. 4(1) (with art. 4(2))

S. 6(1)(ba)-(bc) inserted (1.12.2002) by 2002 c. 13, s. 3(2)(a); S.I. 2002/1648, art. 4(1) (with art. 4(2))

Words in s. 6(1)(bb) inserted (31.5.2018) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a)

S. 6(1)(bba) inserted (31.5.2018) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b)

S. 6(1ZA) inserted (31.5.2018) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699), regs. 1(2), 3(3)

S. 6(1A)(1B) inserted (1.12.2002) by 2002 c. 13, s. 3(2)(b); S.I. 2002/1648, art. 4(1) (with art. 4(2))

Words in s. 6(2) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 14(3)(a), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 6(2)(za) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 5(3)(a)

S. 6(2)(aa) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 14(3)(b), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 6(2)(b) substituted (1.7.2008) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 10, 11, 18, 20, 47, 61, 74, 77, Sch. 1 para. 134; S.I. 2008/1316, arts. 2(3), 5(f)(iv)

Words in s. 6(2)(c) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 4(4), Sch. 4 para. 7(2)

Words in s. 6(2)(c) inserted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(1), Sch. 6 para. 14(3); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 6(2A) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 14(4), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 6(3)(a) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 14(5), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 6(4)(b) inserted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(1), Sch. 6 para. 14(6); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 6(4)(ba) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 5(3)(b)

S. 6(7)-(7B) substituted for s. 6(7) (6.7.2020) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/581), regs. 1(2), 9(2)

Words in s. 6(8) substituted (6.7.2020) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/581), regs. 1(2), 9(3)

S. 7 repealed (E.W.S.) (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(2), Sch. 7 Pt. II; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 7(1) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 15(2)(a), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 7(1)(b) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 15(2)(b), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 7(1)(b): word "and" omitted (1.12.2002) by virtue of 2002 c. 13, s. 3(3)(a); S.I. 2002/1648, art. 4(1) (with art. 4(2))

S. 7(1)(ba)-(bc) inserted (1.12.2002) by 2002 c. 13, s. 3(3)(a); S.I. 2002/1648, art. 4(1) (with art. 4(2))

Words in s. 7(1)(bb) inserted (31.5.2018) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699), regs. 1(2), 3(5)(a)

S. 7(1)(bba) inserted (31.5.2018) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699), regs. 1(2), 3(5)(b)

S. 7(1ZA) inserted (31.5.2018) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699), regs. 1(2), 3(6)

S. 7(1A)(1B) inserted (1.12.2002) by 2002 c. 13, s. 3(3)(b); S.I. 2002/1648, art. 4(1) (with art. 4(2))

S. 7(2) substituted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(1), Sch. 6 para. 15(3); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 7(4) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 15(4)(a), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 7(4)(a)(b) substituted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(1), Sch. 6 para. 15(4)(b); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 7(4A) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 5(4)

S. 7(6)-(6B) substituted for s. 7(6) (6.7.2020) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/581), regs. 1(2), 10(2)

Words in s. 7(7) substituted (6.7.2020) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/581), regs. 1(2), 10(3)

S. 8 repealed (E.W.S.) (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(2), Sch. 7 Pt. II; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 8(1) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 16(2), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 8(2A) inserted (31.10.2023) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 4 para. 6(2); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 2(f)(iv)

S. 8(3)(3A) substituted for s. 8(3) (6.8.1995) by S.I. 1995/1948, reg. 5(2), Sch. 2 para. 7

Word in s. 8(3)(a) omitted (31.10.2023) by virtue of Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 4 para. 6(3)(a); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 2(f)(iv)

S. 8(3)(b) omitted (31.10.2023) by virtue of Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 4 para. 6(3)(b); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 2(f)(iv)

S. 8(3A) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 16(3), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 8(4) substituted (6.8.1995) by S.I. 1995/1948, reg. 5(2), Sch. 2 para. 8

Words in s. 8(4) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 16(4), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 8(5)-(5B) substituted for s. 8(5) (31.1.2024) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 4 para. 6(4); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 4(d)(iv) (with Sch. para. 4)

Words in s. 8(6) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 16(6)(a), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 8(6)(a) substituted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(1), Sch. 6 para. 16(6)(b); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 8(7) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 16(7)(a), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 8(7)(a) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 16(7)(b), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 8(7A) inserted (31.10.2023) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 4 para. 6(5); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 2(f)(iv)

S. 8(9) substituted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(1), Sch. 6 para. 16(8); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 8(11) repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c.54, SIF 114), s. 98(6), Sch. 27 Pt. IX(2)

S. 9 repealed (E.W.S.) (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(2), Sch. 7 Pt. II; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 9(1)(3) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 17(2), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 9(1A) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 5(5)(a)

Words in s. 9(4) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 17(3)(a), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 9(4)(a) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 17(3)(b), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Word in s. 9(4)(b) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 5(5)(b)

S. 9(4)(c) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 5(5)(b)

S. 9(5) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, 17(3), Sch. 6 para. 17(4), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 9(6)(a) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 17(5), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 9(7) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 17(6), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Word in s. 9(7)(b) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 5(5)(c)

S. 9(7)(c) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 5(5)(c)

Words in s. 9(8) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 17(7), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 9(9) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 17(8)(a), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 9(9)(a) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 17(8)(b), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 9(9A)(9B) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 5(5)(d)

Words in s. 9(10)(a) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 17(9)(a), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 9(10)(b) substituted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(1), Sch. 6 para. 17(9)(b); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 9(11)(b) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 17(10), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 9(11)(ba) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 5(5)(e)

S. 9(11A) inserted (1.7.2008) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 38(5), 77; S.I. 2008/1316, arts. 2(3), 5(a)

S. 11(b) (except the final "and") repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, ss. 15(2), 17(3), Sch. 7 Pt. I (with s. 156(6)); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 5 applied by S.I. 1986/2250, regs. 2, 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. III

S. 5 applied (with modifications) (4.5.1996) by S.I. 1996/1220, art. 3(1)(5)-(8), Sch. 1

S. 5 applied (with modifications) (31.7.1997) by 1997 c. 61, s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 13 Table 3

S. 5 applied (with modifications) (25.4.1998) by S.I. 1998/1126, art. 6(1), Sch. 2

S. 5 applied (with modifications) (19.3.1998) by S.I. 1998/746, art. 12, Sch. 1 para. 13 Table 3

S. 5 applied (with modifications) (22.5.1998) by S.I. 1998/1287, art. 3(1)(3), Sch. 1

S. 5 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(1)(2), Sch. 1)

S. 6 applied with modifications by S.I. 1986/2250, regs. 2, 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. III

S. 6(2)(b) modified by S.I. 1986/1111, reg. 62(5) (as substituted 6.4.1992 by S.I. 1992/834, reg. 3(3) subject as mentioned in reg. 2 of that Instrument)

S. 7 applied with modifications by S.I. 1986/2250, regs. 2, 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. III

S. 7 applied (with modifications) (4.5.1996) by S.I. 1996/1220, art. 3(1)(a)(b)(5)-(8), Sch. 1

S. 7 applied (with modifications) (31.7.1997) by 1997 c. 61, s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 13 Table 3

S. 7 applied (with modifications) (25.4.1998) by S.I. 1998/1126, art. 6(1), Sch. 2

S. 7 applied (with modifications) (19.3.1998) by S.I. 1998/746, art. 12, Sch. 1 Table 3

S. 7 applied (with modifications) (22.5.1998) by S.I. 1998/1287, art. 3(1)(3), Sch. 1

S. 7 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(1)(2), Sch. 1)

S. 8 applied with modifications by S.I. 1986/2250, regs. 2, 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. III

S. 8 applied (with modifications) (4.5.1996) by S.I. 1996/1220, art. 3(1)(a)(b)(5)-(8), Sch. 1

S. 8 applied (with modifications) (31.7.1997) by 1997 c. 61, s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 13 Table 3

S. 8 applied (with modifications) (19.3.1998) by S.I. 1998/746, art. 12, Sch. 1 Table 3

S. 8 applied (with modifications) (22.5.1998) by S.I. 1998/1287, art. 3(1)(3), Sch. 1

S. 8 applied (with modifications) (25.4.1998) by S.I. 1998/1126, art. 6(1), Sch. 2

S. 8 modified (17.2.1994) by S.I. 1994/342, regs. 2(2), 15(4), 16(5)

S. 8 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(1)(2), Sch. 1)

S. 8 applied (with modifications) (31.10.2023) by S.I. 2001/2599, Sch. 1 (as amended by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 6 para. 45; S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 2(g)(viii))

S. 8(5) restricted (31.10.2023) by The Elections Act 2022 (Commencement No. 9, Transitional and Savings Provisions and Appointed and Specified Days) and Ballot Secrecy Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1145), Sch. para. 4

S. 9 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1986/2250, regs. 2, 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. III

S. 9 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (4.5.1996) by S.I. 1996/1220. art. 3(1)(a)(b)(5)-(8), Sch. 1

S. 9 applied (with modifications) (31.7.1997) by 1997 c. 61, s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 13 Table 3

S. 9 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (25.4.1998) by S.I. 1998/1126, art. 6(1), Sch. 2

S. 9 applied (with modifications) (19.3.1998) by S.I. 1998/746, art. 12, Sch. 1 Table 3

S. 9 applied (with modifications) (22.5.1998) by S.I. 1998/1287, art. 3(1)(3), Sch. 1

S. 9 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(1)(2), Sch. 1)

S. 10 applied (N.I.) by S.I. 1986/2250, regs. 2, 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. III

S. 10(2)(3) power of appointment not yet exercised

S. 11 applied with modifications (N.I.) by S.I. 1986/2250, regs. 2, 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. III

S. 11 applied with modifications (E.W.S.) by S.I. 1986/2209, regs. 2, 3, 5(1)(6)–(8), Sch. 1 Pt. II

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/50/crossheading/voting-at-parliamentary-elections-in-the-united-kingdom-and-local-government-elections-in-great-britainRepresentation of the People Act 1985An Act to amend the law relating to parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom and local government elections in Great Britain, to provide for combining polls taken on the same date at such elections and elections to the Assembly of the European Communities, to extend the franchise at elections to that Assembly, to amend the law relating to the effect of the demise of the Crown on the summoning and duration of a new Parliament and to repeal section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1918.1985-07-16texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2024-02-07 Voting at parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom and local government elections in Great Britain
5 Manner of voting at parliamentary and local government elections.(1)

This section applies to determine the manner of voting of a person entitled to vote as an elector at a parliamentary . . . election.

(2)

He may vote in person at the polling station allotted to him under the appropriate rules, unless he is entitled as an elector to an absent vote at the election.

(3)

He may vote by post if he is entitled as an elector to vote by post at the election.

(4)

If he is entitled to vote by proxy at the election, he may so vote unless, before a ballot paper has been issued for him to vote by proxy, he applies at the polling station allotted to him under the appropriate rules for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in person, in which case he may vote in person there.

(5)

If he is not entitled as an elector to an absent vote at the election but cannot reasonably be expected to go in person to the polling station allotted to him under the appropriate rules by reason of the particular circumstances of his employment, either as a constable or by the returning officer, on the date of the poll for a purpose connected with the election, he may vote in person at any polling station in the constituency . . ..

(5A)

Nothing in the preceding provisions of this section applies to—

(a)

a person to whom section 7 of the principal Act (mental patients who are not detained offenders) applies and who is liable, by virtue of any enactment, to be detained in the mental hospital in question, or

(b)

a person to whom section 7A of that Act (persons remanded in custody) applies,

whether he is registered by virtue of that provision or not; and such a person may only vote by post or by proxy (where he is entitled as an elector to vote by post or, as the case may be, by proxy at the election).

(5AA)

Nothing in subsections (1) to (5) applies to a person who has an anonymous entry in the register of parliamentary electors for the constituency; and such a person may only vote by post or by proxy (where entitled as an elector to vote by post or, as the case may be, by proxy at the election).

(5B)

Subsection (2) above does not prevent a person, at the polling station allotted to him, marking a tendered ballot paper in pursuance of rule 40(1ZC) or (1ZE) of the parliamentary elections rules.

(6)

For the purposes of the provisions of this and the principal Act, a person entitled to vote as an elector at a parliamentary or local government election is entitled as an elector to vote by post or entitled to vote by proxy at the election if he is shown in the absent voters list for the election as so entitled; and references in those provisions to entitlement as an elector to an absent vote at a parliamentary . . . election are references to entitlement as an elector to vote by post or entitlement to vote by proxy at the election.

(7)

In this section and sections 6 to 9 of this Act “ appropriate rules ” means the parliamentary elections rules.

6 Absent vote at elections for an indefinite period.(1)

Where a person applies to the registration officer to vote by post, or to vote by proxy, at parliamentary elections, . . . for an indefinite period, the registration officer shall grant the application (subject to subsection (6) below) if—

(a)

he is satisfied that the applicant is eligible for an absent vote at parliamentary elections for an indefinite period,

(b)

he is satisfied that the applicant is or will be registered in the register for such elections, . . .

(ba)

the application states the applicant’s date of birth and the registration officer is satisfied that the date stated corresponds with the date supplied as the date of the applicant’s birth pursuant to section 10(4A)(b), 10A(1A)(b) or 13A(2A)(b) of the principal Act,

(bb)

in the case of an applicant other than one who is or will be digitally registered, the application is signed and (unless section 10(4B), 10A(1B) or 13A(2B) of the principal Act applies) the registration officer is satisfied that the signature on the application corresponds with the signature supplied as the applicant’s signature pursuant to section 10(4A)(a), 10A(1A)(a) or 13A(2A)(a) of the principal Act,

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(i)

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(ii)

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(1ZA)

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(1A)

For the purposes of subsection (1)(bc) above, the registration officer must be satisfied—

(a)

if the application states a national insurance number, that the requirements of subsection (1B) below are met, or

(b)

if the application states that the applicant does not have a national insurance number, that no such number was supplied as his national insurance number pursuant to section 10(4A)(c)(i), 10A(1A)(c)(i) or 13A(2A)(c)(i) of the principal Act.

(1B)

The requirements of this subsection are met if—

(a)

the number stated as mentioned in subsection (1A)(a) above is the same as the one supplied as the applicant’s national insurance number pursuant to section 10(4A)(c)(i), 10A(1A)(c)(i) or 13A(2A)(c)(i) of the principal Act, or

(b)

no national insurance number was supplied under any of those provisions, but the registration officer is not aware of any reason to doubt the authenticity of the application.

(2)

For the purposes of this section, a person is eligible for an absent vote at parliamentary . . . elections for an indefinite period—

(za)

if he has an anonymous entry,

(a)

if he is or will be registered as a service voter,

(aa)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

if he cannot reasonably be expected—

(i)

to go in person to the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to him under the appropriate rules, or

(ii)

to vote unaided there,

by reason of blindness or other disability ,

(c)

if he cannot reasonably be expected to go in person to that polling station by reason of the general nature of his occupation, service or employment or that of his spouse or civil partner, or by reason of his attendance on a course provided by an educational institution or that of his spouse or civil partner or

(d)

if he cannot go in person from his qualifying address to that polling station without making a journey by air or sea,

and is also eligible for an absent vote at parliamentary elections for an indefinite period if he is or will be registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration.

(2A)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)

The registration officer shall keep a record of those whose applications under this section have been granted showing—

(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

in the case of those who may vote by post, the addresses provided by them in their applications as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent, and

(c)

in the case of those who may vote by proxy, the names and addresses of those appointed as their proxies.

(4)

The registration officer shall remove a person from the record kept under subsection (3) above—

(a)

if he applies to the registration officer to be removed,

(b)

in the case of any registered person, if he ceases to be registered or registered at the same qualifying address or ceases to be, or becomes, registered as a service voter or in pursuance of a declaration of local connection or an overseas elector’s declaration, or

(ba)

if he ceases to have an anonymous entry, or

(c)

if the registration officer gives notice that he has reason to believe there has been a material change of circumstances.

(5)

A person shown in the record kept under subsection (3) above as voting by post or, as the case may be, voting by proxy may subsequently alter his choice (subject to subsection (6) below) on an application to the registration officer that meets the prescribed requirements and the registration officer shall amend the record accordingly.

(6)

A person applying to vote by post must provide an address in the United Kingdom as the address to which his ballot paper is to be sent.

(7)

For the purposes of this section, a person is to be treated as a person who is or will be digitally registered if the person meets the condition in subsection (7A) or the condition in subsection (7B).

(7A)

A person meets the condition in this subsection if—

(a)

the person’s registration in the register of parliamentary electors is or will be pursuant to an application submitted through the UK digital service, and

(b)

where, since the submission of that application, any form has been completed in respect of the person in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the principal Act, the last such form was submitted through the UK digital service.

(7B)

A person meets the condition in this subsection if—

(a)

the last form to be completed in respect of the person in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the principal Act was submitted through the UK digital service, and

(b)

where, since the submission of that form, any application for registration in the register of parliamentary electors has been made in respect of the person, the last such application was submitted through the UK digital service.

(8)

In this section—

“digital registration number” has the same meaning as in section 10B(1) of the principal Act;

“the UK digital service” has the same meaning as in section 10ZF of the principal Act, and references to a form or application submitted through the UK digital service shall be construed in accordance with subsection (4) of that section.

7 Absent vote at a particular election and absent voters list.(1)

Where a person applies to the registration officer to vote by post, or to vote by proxy, at a particular parliamentary . . . election, the registration officer shall grant the application (subject to subsection (5) below) if—

(a)

he is satisfied that the applicant’s circumstances on the date of the poll will be or are likely to be such that he cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to him under the appropriate rules,

(b)

he is satisfied that the applicant is or will be registered in the register of parliamentary . . . electors, . . .

(ba)

the application states the applicant’s date of birth and the registration officer is satisfied that the date stated corresponds with the date supplied as the date of the applicant’s birth pursuant to section 10(4A)(b), 10A(1A)(b) or 13A(2A)(b) of the principal Act,

(bb)

in the case of an applicant other than one who is or will be digitally registered, the application is signed and (unless section 10(4B), 10A(1B) or 13A(2B) of the principal Act applies) the registration officer is satisfied that the signature on the application corresponds with the signature supplied as the applicant’s signature pursuant to section 10(4A)(a), 10A(1A)(a) or 13A(2A)(a) of the principal Act,

(bba)

in the case of an applicant who is or will be digitally registered, the registration officer is satisfied that the application—

(i)

is signed, and

(ii)

includes the digital registration number allocated to the applicant by the officer,

(bc)

the application either states the applicant’s national insurance number or states that he does not have one, and the registration officer is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1A) below, and

(c)

the application meets the prescribed requirements.

(1ZA)

In the case of an applicant who is or will be digitally registered, if the registration officer is satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable for the applicant to sign in a consistent and distinctive way because of blindness or any other disability of that person or because that person is unable to read, the officer may make a determination to that effect.

(1A)

For the purposes of subsection (1)(bc) above, the registration officer must be satisfied—

(a)

if the application states a national insurance number, that the requirements of subsection (1B) below are met, or

(b)

if the application states that the applicant does not have a national insurance number, that no such number was supplied as his national insurance number pursuant to section 10(4A)(c)(i), 10A(1A)(c)(i) or 13A(2A)(c)(i) of the principal Act.

(1B)

The requirements of this subsection are met if—

(a)

the number stated as mentioned in subsection (1A)(a) above is the same as the one supplied as the applicant’s national insurance number pursuant to section 10(4A)(c)(i), 10A(1A)(c)(i) or 13A(2A)(c)(i) of the principal Act, or

(b)

no national insurance number was supplied under any of those provisions, but the registration officer is not aware of any reason to doubt the authenticity of the application.

(2)

Subsection (1) above does not apply to a person who is included in the record kept under section 6 of this Act, but such a person may, in respect of a particular parliamentary election, apply to the registration officer—

(a)

for his ballot paper to be sent to a different address in the United Kingdom, or

(b)

to vote by proxy,

if he is shown in the record so kept as voting by post at parliamentary elections.

(3)

The registration officer shall grant an application under subsection (2) above if it meets the prescribed requirements.

(4)

The registration officer shall, in respect of each parliamentary . . . election, keep a special list (“the absent voters list”) consisting of—

(a)

a list of—

(i)

those whose applications under subsection (1) above to vote by post at the election have been granted, together with the addresses provided by them in their applications as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent, and

(ii)

those who are for the time being shown in the record kept under section 6 of this Act as voting by post at parliamentary elections(excluding those so shown whose applications under subsection (2) above to vote by proxy at the election have been granted), together with the addresses provided by them in their applications under that section or, as the case may be, subsection (2) above as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent, and

(b)

a list (“the list of proxies”) of those whose applications under this section to vote by proxy at the election have been granted or who are for the time being shown in the record kept under section 6 of this Act as voting by proxy at parliamentary elections, together with the names and addresses of those appointed as their proxies.

(4A)

But in the case of a person who has an anonymous entry, the list mentioned in subsection (4)(a) or (b) must contain only—

(a)

the person’s electoral number, and

(b)

the date on which the person’s entitlement to remain registered anonymously will terminate under section 9C(1A) of the principal Act (in the absence of a further application under section 9B of that Act).

(5)

A person applying to vote by post must provide an address in the United Kingdom as the address to which his ballot paper is to be sent.

(6)

For the purposes of this section, a person is to be treated as a person who is or will be digitally registered if the person meets the condition in subsection (6A) or the condition in subsection (6B).

(6A)

A person meets the condition in this subsection if—

(a)

the person’s registration in the register of parliamentary electors is or will be pursuant to an application submitted through the UK digital service, and

(b)

where, since the submission of that application, any form has been completed in respect of the person in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the principal Act, the last such form was submitted through the UK digital service.

(6B)

A person meets the condition in this subsection if—

(a)

the last form to be completed in respect of the person in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the principal Act was submitted through the UK digital service, and

(b)

where, since the submission of that form, any application for registration in the register of parliamentary electors has been made in respect of the person, the last such application was submitted through the UK digital service.

(7)

In this section—

“digital registration number” has the same meaning as in section 10B(1) of the principal Act;

“the UK digital service” has the same meaning as in section 10ZF of the principal Act, and references to a form or application submitted through the UK digital service shall be construed in accordance with subsection (4) of that section.

8 Proxies at elections.(1)

Subject to the provisions of this section, any person is capable of being appointed proxy to vote for another (in this section and section 9 of this Act referred to as “the elector”) at any parliamentary ... election and may vote in pursuance of the appointment.

(2)

The elector cannot have more than one person at a time appointed as proxy to vote for him at parliamentary elections (whether in the same constituency or elsewhere).

(2A)

A person is not capable of being appointed to vote, or voting, as proxy at a parliamentary election unless the person is or will be registered in a register of parliamentary electors in Great Britain or Northern Ireland.

(3)

A person is not capable of being appointed to vote, or voting, as proxy at a parliamentary election—

(a)

if he is subject to any legal incapacity (age apart) to vote at that election as an elector, ...

(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3A)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)

A person is not capable of voting as proxy at a parliamentary ... election unless on the date of the poll he has attained the age of eighteen.

(5)

A person—

(a)

is not entitled to vote as proxy at a parliamentary election on behalf of more than two electors who do not fall within subsection (5A), but

(b)

subject to paragraph (a), is entitled to vote as proxy at a parliamentary election on behalf of up to four electors.

(5A)

An elector falls within this subsection if the elector is registered in a register of parliamentary electors in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration or a service declaration.

(5B)

Where the polls for two or more parliamentary elections are held on the same day, references in subsection (5A) to a parliamentary election are to all of those elections taken together.

(6)

Where the elector applies to the registration officer for the appointment of a proxy to vote for him at parliamentary elections . . . for an indefinite period, the registration officer shall make the appointment if the application meets the prescribed requirements and he is satisfied that the elector is or will be—

(a)

registered in the register of parliamentary electors, and

(b)

shown in the record kept under section 6 of this Act as voting by proxy at such elections,

and that the proxy is capable of being and willing to be appointed to vote as proxy at such elections.

(7)

Where the elector applies to the registration officer for the appointment of a proxy to vote for him at a particular parliamentary ... election, the registration officer shall make the appointment if the application meets the prescribed requirements and he is satisfied that the elector is or will be—

(a)

registered in the register of parliamentary . . . electors for that election, and

(b)

entitled to vote by proxy at that election by virtue of an application under section 7 of this Act,

and that the proxy is capable of being and willing to be appointed.

(7A)

The requirements prescribed under subsections (6) and (7) must include a requirement for an application to contain the proxy’s date of birth.

(8)

The appointment of a proxy under this section is to be made by means of a proxy paper issued by the registration officer.

(9)

The appointment may be cancelled by the elector by giving notice to the registration officer, and shall also cease to be in force on the issue of a proxy paper appointing a different person to vote for him at any parliamentary election or elections (whether in the same constituency or elsewhere).

(10)

Subject to subsection (9) above, the appointment shall remain in force—

(a)

in the case of an appointment for a particular election, for that election, and

(b)

in any other case, while the elector is shown as voting by proxy in the record kept under section 6 of this Act in pursuance of the same application under that section.

(11)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 Voting as proxy.(1)

A person entitled to vote as proxy at a parliamentary or local government election may do so in person at the polling station allotted to the elector under the appropriate rules unless he is entitled to vote by post as proxy for the elector at the election, in which case he may vote by post.

(1A)

But in the case of a person entitled to vote as proxy for an elector who has an anonymous entry—

(a)

subsection (1) does not apply, and

(b)

the person may only so vote by post (where entitled as a proxy to vote by post).

(2)

Where a person is entitled to vote by post as proxy for the elector at any election, the elector may not apply for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in person at the election.

(3)

For the purposes of this and the principal Act, a person entitled to vote as proxy for another at a parliamentary . . . election is entitled so to vote by post if he is included in the list kept under subsection (9) below in respect of the election.

(4)

Where a person applies to the registration officer to vote by post as proxy at parliamentary elections . . . for an indefinite period, the registration officer shall (subject to subsections (10) and (12) below) grant the application if—

(a)

the applicant is included in any record kept under section 6 of this Act in respect of a constituency . . . for the whole or any part of which the registration officer acts, or

(b)

the address provided by the applicant in his application as the address to which his ballot paper is to be sent is not in the same area as the elector’s qualifying address or, where the elector is registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration, the address specified in the declaration in accordance with section 2(4) of this Act, or

(c)

the elector has an anonymous entry,

and the application meets the prescribed requirements.

(5)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6)

The registration officer shall keep a record of those whose applications under subsection (4) above have been granted showing—

(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

the addresses provided by them in their applications as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent

(7)

Where a person applies to the registration officer to vote by post as proxy at a particular election and the application meets the prescribed requirements, the registration officer shall (subject to subsections (10) and (12) below) grant the application if—

(a)

he is satisfied that the applicant’s circumstances on the date of the poll will be or are likely to be such that he cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to the elector under the appropriate rules, or

(b)

the applicant is, or the registration officer is satisfied that he will be, included in respect of the constituency . . . for the whole or any part of which the registration officer acts in any of the absent voters lists for that election, or

(c)

the elector has an anonymous entry.

(8)

Where, in the case of a particular election, a person included in the record kept under subsection (6) above . . . applies to the registration officer for his ballot paper to be sent to a different address in the United Kingdom, the registration officer shall grant the application if it meets the prescribed requirements.

(9)

The registration officer shall, in respect of each parliamentary . . . election, keep a special list of—

(a)

those who are for the time being included in the record kept under subsection (6) above . . ., together with the addresses provided by them in their applications under that subsection or, as the case may be, subsection (8) above as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent, and

(b)

those whose applications under subsection (7) above have been granted in respect of the election concerned, together with the addresses provided by them in their applications as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent.

(9A)

In the case of a person who has an anonymous entry, the list mentioned in subsection (9)(a) or (b) must contain only—

(a)

the person’s electoral number, and

(b)

the date on which the entitlement of the person to remain registered anonymously will terminate under section 9C(1A) of the principal Act (in the absence of a further application under section 9B of that Act).

(9B)

In the case of a person who is the proxy for an elector who has an anonymous entry, the list mentioned in subsection (9)(a) or (b) must contain only—

(a)

the person’s electoral number, and

(b)

the date on which the elector’s entitlement to remain registered anonymously will terminate under section 9C(1A) of the principal Act (in the absence of a further application under section 9B of that Act).

(10)

The registration officer shall not grant any application under this section unless—

(a)

he is satisfied that the elector is or will be registered in the register of parliamentary electors . . ., and

(b)

there is in force an appointment of the applicant as the elector’s proxy to vote for him at parliamentary elections or, as the case may be, the election concerned.

(11)

The registration officer shall remove a person from the record kept under subsection (6) above—

(a)

if he applies to the registration officer to be removed,

(b)

where he was included in the record on the ground mentioned in subsection (4)(a) above, if he ceases to be included in any record kept under section 6 of this Act in respect of a constituency . . ., for the whole or any part of which the registration officer acts or becomes so included in pursuance of a further application under that section,

(ba)

where he was included in the record on the ground mentioned in subsection (4)(c), if the elector ceases to have an anonymous entry,

(c)

if the elector ceases to be registered as mentioned in subsection (10)(a) above, or

(d)

if the appointment of the person concerned as the elector’s proxy ceases to be in force (whether or not he is re-appointed).

(11A)

Subsection (2) above does not prevent a person, at the polling station allotted to him, marking a tendered ballot paper in pursuance of rule 40(1ZC) or (1ZE) of the parliamentary elections rules.

(12)

A person applying to vote by post as proxy must provide an address in the United Kingdom as the address to which his ballot paper is to be sent.

10 Voting at special polling stations in Northern Ireland.(1)

Schedule 1 to this Act makes provision for those—

(a)

whose circumstances on the date of the poll at a particular parliamentary election in Northern Ireland will be or are likely to be such that they cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person as electors at the polling stations allotted or likely to be allotted to them under the parliamentary elections rules, but

(b)

who on that date will be in Northern Ireland.

(2)

The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument bring that Schedule into force if he is satisfied that it is necessary to do so in order to prevent serious abuse of the system of voting by post in the case of ballot papers for elections in Northern Ireland sent to addresses there in pursuance of applications granted under section 7(1) of this Act.

(3)

That Schedule shall cease to be in force if the Secretary of State so provides by order made by statutory instrument (without prejudice to his power to make a further order under subsection (2) above), and an order under this subsection may include such transitional provisions as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient.

(4)

No order under this section shall be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by each House of Parliament.

(5)

While that Schedule is in force, section 7(5) of this Act shall have effect as if it required a person applying under section 7(1) of this Act to vote by post at a particular parliamentary election in Northern Ireland to provide an address in Great Britain as the address to which his ballot paper is to be sent.

11 Manner of voting: supplementary provision.

Schedule 2 to this Act (which—

(a)

in Part I, makes amendments of the principal Act consequential on the provisions of sections 5 to 9 of this Act,

(b)

. . . and

(c)

in Part III, makes provision as to absent voting at municipal elections in the City)

shall have effect.

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<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039779" marker="F1">
<p>
S. 5 repealed (E.W.S) (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00201" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00202" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00203" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/II">Sch. 7 Pt. II</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00204" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00205" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00206" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00204">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039781" marker="F2">
<p>
Words in s. 5(1) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00208" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00209" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00210" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/13/2">Sch. 6 para. 13(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00211" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00212" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00213" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00214" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00212">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039782" marker="F3">
<p>
Words in s. 5(5) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00216" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00217" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00218" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/13/3">Sch. 6 para. 13(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00219" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00220" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00221" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00222" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00220">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039783" marker="F4">
<p>
S. 5(5A) inserted (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00224" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00225" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00226" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/13/4">Sch. 6 para. 13(4)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00227" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00228" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00229" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00227">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-cf5395b2b59f7c0b39c3eae3039682dd" marker="F5">
<p>
<ref eId="c3q78wk22-00006" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/5/5AA">S. 5(5AA)</ref>
inserted (15.9.2014) by
<ref eId="c3q78wk22-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116">The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q78wk22-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q78wk22-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/5/2">5(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c2006046" marker="F6">
<p>
S. 5(5B) inserted (1.7.2008) by
<ref eId="c00231" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22">Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00232" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/38/4">ss. 38(4)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00233" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/77">77</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00234" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/1316">S.I. 2008/1316</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00235" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/1316/article/2/3">arts. 2(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00236" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/1316/article/5/a">5(a)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039784" marker="F7">
<p>
Words in s. 5(6) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00238" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00239" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00240" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/13/5">Sch. 6 para. 13(5)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00241" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00242" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00243" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00244" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00242">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039786" marker="F8">
<p>
S. 5(7) substituted (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00246" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00247" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00248" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/13/6">Sch. 6 para. 13(6)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00249" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00250" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00251" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00249">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039834" marker="F9">
<p>
S. 6 repealed (E.W.S.) (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00259" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00260" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/2">s. 15(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00261" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/II">Sch. 7 Pt. II</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00262" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00263" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00264" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00262">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039835" marker="F10">
<p>
Words in s. 6(1) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00266" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00267" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00268" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/2/a">Sch. 6 para. 14(2)(a)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00269" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00270" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00271" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00272" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00270">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039836" marker="F11">
<p>
Words in s. 6(1)(a) substituted (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00274" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00275" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00276" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/2/b">Sch. 6 para. 14(2)(b)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00277" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00278" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00279" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00277">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
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</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039837" marker="F12">
<p>
S. 6(1)(b): Word "and" omitted (1.12.2002) by virtue of
<ref eId="c00281" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13">2002 c. 13</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00282" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13/section/3/2/a">s. 3(2)(a)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00283" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648">S.I. 2002/1648</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00284" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00285" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/2">art. 4(2)</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039838" marker="F13">
<p>
S. 6(1)(ba)-(bc) inserted (1.12.2002) by
<ref eId="c00287" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13">2002 c. 13</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00288" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13/section/3/2/a">s. 3(2)(a)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00289" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648">S.I. 2002/1648</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00290" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00291" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/2">art. 4(2)</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-347b6dc0525cbb8ea3354da012822f60" marker="F14">
<p>
Words in s. 6(1)(bb) inserted (31.5.2018) by
<ref eId="c1367t9s3-00035" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c1367t9s3-00036" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c1367t9s3-00037" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/3/2/a">3(2)(a)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de" marker="F15">
<p>
S. 6(1)(bba) inserted (31.5.2018) by
<ref eId="c1367t9s3-00026" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c1367t9s3-00027" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c1367t9s3-00028" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/3/2/b">3(2)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-2a74253bdeea11b403400b34b938080a" marker="F16">
<p>
S. 6(1ZA) inserted (31.5.2018) by
<ref eId="c1367t9s3-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c1367t9s3-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c1367t9s3-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/3/3">3(3)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039839" marker="F17">
<p>
S. 6(1A)(1B) inserted (1.12.2002) by
<ref eId="c00293" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13">2002 c. 13</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00294" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13/section/3/2/b">s. 3(2)(b)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00295" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648">S.I. 2002/1648</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00296" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00297" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/2">art. 4(2)</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039840" marker="F18">
<p>
Words in s. 6(2) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00299" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00300" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00301" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/3/a">Sch. 6 para. 14(3)(a)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00302" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00303" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00304" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00305" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00303">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-f4c660b453cceabafcded90b31e9f16c" marker="F19">
<p>
S. 6(2)(za) inserted (15.9.2014) by
<ref eId="c3q7cw602-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116">The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7cw602-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7cw602-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/5/3/a">5(3)(a)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039841" marker="F20">
<p>
S. 6(2)(aa) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00307" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00308" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00309" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/3/b">Sch. 6 para. 14(3)(b)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00310" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00311" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00312" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00313" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00311">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c2006056" marker="F21">
<p>
Words in s. 6(2)(b) substituted (1.7.2008) by
<ref eId="c00320" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22">Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00321" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/10">ss. 10</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00322" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/11">11</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00323" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/18">18</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00324" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/20">20</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00325" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/47">47</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00326" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/61">61</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00327" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/74">74</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00328" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/77">77</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00329" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/schedule/1/paragraph/134">Sch. 1 para. 134</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00330" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/1316">S.I. 2008/1316</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00331" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/1316/article/2/3">arts. 2(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00332" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/1316/article/5/f/iv">5(f)(iv)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c2006011" marker="F22">
<p>
Words in s. 6(2)(c) inserted (5.12.2005) by
<ref eId="c00334" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/3129">The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00335" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/3129/article/4/4">art. 4(4)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00336" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/3129/schedule/4/paragraph/7/2">Sch. 4 para. 7(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039843" marker="F23">
<p>
Words in s. 6(2)(c) inserted (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00338" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00339" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00340" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/3">Sch. 6 para. 14(3)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00341" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00342" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00343" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00341">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039844" marker="F24">
<p>
S. 6(2A) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00345" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00346" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00347" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/4">Sch. 6 para. 14(4)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00348" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00349" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00350" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00351" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00349">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039845" marker="F25">
<p>
S. 6(3)(a) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00353" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00354" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00355" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/5">Sch. 6 para. 14(5)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00356" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00357" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00358" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00359" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00357">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039846" marker="F26">
<p>
Words in s. 6(4)(b) inserted (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00361" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00362" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00363" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/6">Sch. 6 para. 14(6)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00364" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00365" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00366" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00364">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-acf97cab44da9059dcaef3dce8a8c4f6" marker="F27">
<p>
S. 6(4)(ba) inserted (15.9.2014) by
<ref eId="c3q7cw602-00016" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116">The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7cw602-00017" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7cw602-00018" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/5/3/b">5(3)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3" marker="F28">
<p>
<rref eId="cwqtci9u3-00006" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/6/7" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/6/7B">S. 6(7)-(7B)</rref>
substituted for
<ref eId="cwqtci9u3-00007" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/6/7">s. 6(7)</ref>
(6.7.2020) by
<ref eId="cwqtci9u3-00008" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/581)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cwqtci9u3-00009" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cwqtci9u3-00010" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581/regulation/9/2">9(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-83f74e4de97845b050acc768041718e5" marker="F29">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="cwqtci9u3-00016" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/6/8">s. 6(8)</ref>
substituted (6.7.2020) by
<ref eId="cwqtci9u3-00017" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/581)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cwqtci9u3-00018" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cwqtci9u3-00019" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581/regulation/9/3">9(3)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039860" marker="F30">
<p>
S. 7 repealed (E.W.S.) (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00402" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00403" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/2">s. 15(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00404" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/II">Sch. 7 Pt. II</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00405" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00406" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00407" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00405">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039861" marker="F31">
<p>
Words in s. 7(1) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00409" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00410" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00411" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/15/2/a">Sch. 6 para. 15(2)(a)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00412" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00413" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00414" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00415" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00413">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039862" marker="F32">
<p>
Words in s. 7(1)(b) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00417" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00418" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00419" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/15/2/b">Sch. 6 para. 15(2)(b)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00420" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00421" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00422" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00423" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00421">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039863" marker="F33">
<p>
S. 7(1)(b): word "and" omitted (1.12.2002) by virtue of
<ref eId="c00425" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13">2002 c. 13</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00426" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13/section/3/3/a">s. 3(3)(a)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00427" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648">S.I. 2002/1648</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00428" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00429" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/2">art. 4(2)</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039864" marker="F34">
<p>
S. 7(1)(ba)-(bc) inserted (1.12.2002) by
<ref eId="c00431" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13">2002 c. 13</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00432" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13/section/3/3/a">s. 3(3)(a)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00433" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648">S.I. 2002/1648</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00434" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00435" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/2">art. 4(2)</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-77b8c4c56ff618040bb895e559a31dea" marker="F35">
<p>
Words in s. 7(1)(bb) inserted (31.5.2018) by
<ref eId="c136dy603-00035" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c136dy603-00036" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c136dy603-00037" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/3/5/a">3(5)(a)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-374d7f5501c84bfd09e6cc5ccaa3e7ca" marker="F36">
<p>
S. 7(1)(bba) inserted (31.5.2018) by
<ref eId="c136dy603-00026" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c136dy603-00027" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c136dy603-00028" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/3/5/b">3(5)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-abd7132dc6110a1d90cc7f49854bed31" marker="F37">
<p>
S. 7(1ZA) inserted (31.5.2018) by
<ref eId="c136dy603-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c136dy603-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c136dy603-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/3/6">3(6)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039865" marker="F38">
<p>
S. 7(1A)(1B) inserted (1.12.2002) by
<ref eId="c00437" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13">2002 c. 13</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00438" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13/section/3/3/b">s. 3(3)(b)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00439" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648">S.I. 2002/1648</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00440" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00441" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/2">art. 4(2)</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039866" marker="F39">
<p>
S. 7(2) substituted (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00443" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00444" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00445" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/15/3">Sch. 6 para. 15(3)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00446" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00447" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00448" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00446">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039867" marker="F40">
<p>
Words in s. 7(4) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00450" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00451" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00452" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/15/4/a">Sch. 6 para. 15(4)(a)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00453" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00454" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00455" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00456" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00454">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039868" marker="F41">
<p>
Words in s. 7(4)(a)(b) substituted (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00458" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00459" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00460" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/15/4/b">Sch. 6 para. 15(4)(b)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00461" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00462" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00463" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00461">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-98dcbf7606c7ae4aedac28f1c7c0a636" marker="F42">
<p>
S. 7(4A) inserted (15.9.2014) by
<ref eId="c3q7jads2-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116">The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7jads2-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7jads2-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/5/4">5(4)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3" marker="F43">
<p>
<rref eId="cwqu423w3-00006" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/7/6" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/7/6B">S. 7(6)-(6B)</rref>
substituted for
<ref eId="cwqu423w3-00007" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/7/6">s. 7(6)</ref>
(6.7.2020) by
<ref eId="cwqu423w3-00008" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/581)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cwqu423w3-00009" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cwqu423w3-00010" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581/regulation/10/2">10(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-9e7032580b039c4ba7326fc28f879c35" marker="F44">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="cwqu423w3-00016" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/7/7">s. 7(7)</ref>
substituted (6.7.2020) by
<ref eId="cwqu423w3-00017" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/581)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cwqu423w3-00018" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cwqu423w3-00019" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581/regulation/10/3">10(3)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039881" marker="F45">
<p>
S. 8 repealed (E.W.S.) (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00504" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00505" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/2">s. 15(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00506" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/II">Sch. 7 Pt. II</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00507" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00508" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00509" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00507">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039883" marker="F46">
<p>
Words in s. 8(1) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00511" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00512" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00513" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/16/2">Sch. 6 para. 16(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00514" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00515" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00516" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00517" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00515">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-c9431235528c4813f1d6aff4c428c646" marker="F47">
<p>
S. 8(2A) inserted (31.10.2023) by
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37">Elections Act 2022 (c. 37)</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37/section/67/1">s. 67(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37/schedule/4/paragraph/6/2">Sch. 4 para. 6(2)</ref>
;
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00010" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145">S.I. 2023/1145</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00011" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145/regulation/2/f/iv">reg. 2(f)(iv)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039884" marker="F48">
<p>
S. 8(3)(3A) substituted for s. 8(3) (6.8.1995) by
<ref eId="c00519" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/1948">S.I. 1995/1948</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00520" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/1948/regulation/5/2">reg. 5(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00521" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/1948/schedule/2/paragraph/7">Sch. 2 para. 7</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-5dcb9cb7c78ea2f95a5153c89f6cf13c" marker="F49">
<p>
Word in s. 8(3)(a) omitted (31.10.2023) by virtue of
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00057" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37">Elections Act 2022 (c. 37)</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00058" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37/section/67/1">s. 67(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00059" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37/schedule/4/paragraph/6/3/a">Sch. 4 para. 6(3)(a)</ref>
;
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00060" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145">S.I. 2023/1145</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00061" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145/regulation/2/f/iv">reg. 2(f)(iv)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-aae5e365fd25d5da06b155518a494e9b" marker="F50">
<p>
S. 8(3)(b) omitted (31.10.2023) by virtue of
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00046" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37">Elections Act 2022 (c. 37)</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00047" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37/section/67/1">s. 67(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00048" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37/schedule/4/paragraph/6/3/b">Sch. 4 para. 6(3)(b)</ref>
;
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00049" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145">S.I. 2023/1145</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00050" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145/regulation/2/f/iv">reg. 2(f)(iv)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039885" marker="F51">
<p>
S. 8(3A) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00523" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00524" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00525" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/16/3">Sch. 6 para. 16(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00526" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00527" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00528" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00529" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00527">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039886" marker="F52">
<p>
Words in s. 8(4) substituted (6.8.1995) by
<ref eId="c00531" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/1948">S.I. 1995/1948</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00532" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/1948/regulation/5/2">reg. 5(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00533" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/1948/schedule/2/paragraph/8">Sch. 2 para. 8</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039887" marker="F53">
<p>
Words in s. 8(4) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00535" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00536" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00537" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/16/4">Sch. 6 para. 16(4)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00538" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00539" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00540" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00541" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00539">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a" marker="F54">
<p>
S. 8(5)-(5B) substituted for s. 8(5) (31.1.2024) by
<ref eId="ca0onwvl5-00008" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37">Elections Act 2022 (c. 37)</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0onwvl5-00009" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37/section/67/1">s. 67(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0onwvl5-00010" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37/schedule/4/paragraph/6/4">Sch. 4 para. 6(4)</ref>
;
<ref eId="ca0onwvl5-00011" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145">S.I. 2023/1145</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0onwvl5-00012" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145/regulation/4/d/iv">reg. 4(d)(iv)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="ca0onwvl5-00013" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145/schedule/paragraph/4">Sch. para. 4</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039889" marker="F55">
<p>
Words in s. 8(6) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00554" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00555" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00556" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/16/6/a">Sch. 6 para. 16(6)(a)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00557" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00558" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00559" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00560" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00558">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039890" marker="F56">
<p>
Words in s. 8(6)(a) substituted (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00562" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00563" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00564" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/16/6/b">Sch. 6 para. 16(6)(b)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00565" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00566" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00567" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00565">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039891" marker="F57">
<p>
Words in s. 8(7) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00569" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00570" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00571" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/16/7/a">Sch. 6 para. 16(7)(a)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00572" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00573" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00574" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00575" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00573">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039892" marker="F58">
<p>
Words in s. 8(7)(a) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00577" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00578" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00579" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/16/7/b">Sch. 6 para. 16(7)(b)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00580" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00581" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00582" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00583" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00581">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-6ef6e8f3f450e09afedd344133d2e77d" marker="F59">
<p>
S. 8(7A) inserted (31.10.2023) by
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00018" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37">Elections Act 2022 (c. 37)</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00019" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37/section/67/1">s. 67(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00020" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37/schedule/4/paragraph/6/5">Sch. 4 para. 6(5)</ref>
;
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00021" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145">S.I. 2023/1145</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0o8k9s5-00022" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145/regulation/2/f/iv">reg. 2(f)(iv)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039893" marker="F60">
<p>
S. 8(9) substituted (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00585" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00586" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00587" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/16/8">Sch. 6 para. 16(8)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00588" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00589" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00590" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00588">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039894" marker="F61">
<p>
S. 8(11) repealed by
<ref eId="c00592" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/54">Finance Act 1985 (c.54, SIF 114)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00593" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/54/section/98/6">s. 98(6)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00594" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/54/schedule/27/part/IX/2">Sch. 27 Pt. IX(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039908" marker="F62">
<p>
S. 9 repealed (E.W.S.) (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00628" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00629" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/2">s. 15(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00630" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/II">Sch. 7 Pt. II</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00631" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00632" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00633" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00631">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039909" marker="F63">
<p>
Words in s. 9(1)(3) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00635" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00636" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00637" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/17/2">Sch. 6 para. 17(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00638" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00639" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00640" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00641" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00639">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-fabadb78eef3952ca5e55c3a0e90621d" marker="F64">
<p>
S. 9(1A) inserted (15.9.2014) by
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116">The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/5/5/a">5(5)(a)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039911" marker="F65">
<p>
Words in s. 9(4) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00643" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00644" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00645" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/17/3/a">Sch. 6 para. 17(3)(a)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00646" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00647" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00648" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00649" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00647">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039912" marker="F66">
<p>
Words in s. 9(4)(a) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00651" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00652" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00653" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/17/3/b">Sch. 6 para. 17(3)(b)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00654" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00655" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00656" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00657" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00655">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-1f5185745bf2ff4c13e0c0ee8fe46a1a" marker="F67">
<p>
Word in s. 9(4)(b) inserted (15.9.2014) by
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00053" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116">The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00054" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00055" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/5/5/b">5(5)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-382f70458efd2f3e0f57345928a2f8d5" marker="F68">
<p>
S. 9(4)(c) inserted (15.9.2014) by
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00026" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116">The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00027" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00028" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/5/5/b">5(5)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039913" marker="F69">
<p>
S. 9(5) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00659" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00660" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00661" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/17/3">17(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00662" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/17/4">Sch. 6 para. 17(4)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00663" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00664" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00665" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00666" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00664">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039914" marker="F70">
<p>
S. 9(6)(a) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00668" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00669" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00670" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/17/5">Sch. 6 para. 17(5)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00671" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00672" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00673" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00674" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00672">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039915" marker="F71">
<p>
Words in s. 9(7) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00676" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00677" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00678" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/17/6">Sch. 6 para. 17(6)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00679" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00680" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00681" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00682" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00680">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-17b7cf4a11850aa2dcb8702e9cd234aa" marker="F72">
<p>
Word in s. 9(7)(b) inserted (15.9.2014) by
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00062" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116">The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00063" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00064" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/5/5/c">5(5)(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-6fac5a06c4212a2ac8a463972113b8ba" marker="F73">
<p>
S. 9(7)(c) inserted (15.9.2014) by
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00044" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116">The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00045" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00046" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/5/5/c">5(5)(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039916" marker="F74">
<p>
Words in s. 9(8) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00684" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00685" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00686" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/17/7">Sch. 6 para. 17(7)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00687" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00688" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00689" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00690" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00688">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039917" marker="F75">
<p>
Words in s. 9(9) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00692" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00693" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00694" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/17/8/a">Sch. 6 para. 17(8)(a)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00695" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00696" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00697" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00698" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00696">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039918" marker="F76">
<p>
Words in s. 9(9)(a) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00700" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00701" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00702" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/17/8/b">Sch. 6 para. 17(8)(b)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00703" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00704" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00705" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00706" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00704">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310" marker="F77">
<p>
S. 9(9A)(9B) inserted (15.9.2014) by
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00017" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116">The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00018" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00019" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/5/5/d">5(5)(d)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039919" marker="F78">
<p>
Words in s. 9(10)(a) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00708" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00709" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00710" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/17/9/a">Sch. 6 para. 17(9)(a)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00711" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00712" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00713" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00714" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00712">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039920" marker="F79">
<p>
Words in s. 9(10)(b) substituted (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00716" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00717" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00718" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/17/9/b">Sch. 6 para. 17(9)(b)</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00719" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00720" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00721" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00719">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039921" marker="F80">
<p>
Words in s. 9(11)(b) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00723" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00724" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00725" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/17/10">Sch. 6 para. 17(10)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00726" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00727" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00728" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00729" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00727">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-e759f0f39df60e41fa134e3bd9432e96" marker="F81">
<p>
S. 9(11)(ba) inserted (15.9.2014) by
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00035" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116">The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00036" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c3q7n3u22-00037" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/5/5/e">5(5)(e)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c2006058" marker="F82">
<p>
S. 9(11A) inserted (1.7.2008) by
<ref eId="c00731" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22">Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00732" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/38/5">ss. 38(5)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00733" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/77">77</ref>
;
<ref eId="c00734" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/1316">S.I. 2008/1316</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00735" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/1316/article/2/3">arts. 2(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00736" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/1316/article/5/a">5(a)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c1039929" marker="F83">
<p>
<ref eId="c00756" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/11/b">S. 11(b)</ref>
(except the final "and") repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref eId="c00757" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00758" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/2">ss. 15(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00759" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/17/3">17(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00760" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/I">Sch. 7 Pt. I</ref>
(with
<ref eId="c00761" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/156/6">s. 156(6)</ref>
);
<ref eId="c00762" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00763" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref eId="c00764" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5" ukl:CitationRef="c00762">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c1039778" marker="C1">
<p>
S. 5 applied by
<ref eId="c00167" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250">S.I. 1986/2250</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00168" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/2">regs. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00169" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/3">3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00170" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/5">5</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00171" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/schedule/1/part/III">Sch. 1 Pt. III</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c1039780" marker="C2">
<p>
S. 5 applied (with modifications) (4.5.1996) by
<ref eId="c00173" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1220">S.I. 1996/1220</ref>
,
<rref eId="c00174" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1220/article/3/1/5" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1220/article/3/1/8" ukl:CitationRef="c00173">art. 3(1)(5)-(8)</rref>
,
<ref eId="c00175" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1220/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
</p>
<p>
S. 5 applied (with modifications) (31.7.1997) by
<ref eId="c00177" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/61">1997 c. 61</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00178" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/61/section/3">s. 3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00179" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/61/schedule/3/paragraph/13">Sch. 3 para. 13</ref>
Table 3
</p>
<p>
S. 5 applied (with modifications) (25.4.1998) by
<ref eId="c00181" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1126">S.I. 1998/1126</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00182" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1126/article/6/1">art. 6(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00183" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1126/schedule/2">Sch. 2</ref>
</p>
<p>
S. 5 applied (with modifications) (19.3.1998) by
<ref eId="c00185" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/746">S.I. 1998/746</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00186" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/746/article/12">art. 12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00187" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/746/schedule/1/paragraph/13">Sch. 1 para. 13</ref>
Table 3
</p>
<p>
S. 5 applied (with modifications) (22.5.1998) by
<ref eId="c00189" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1287">S.I. 1998/1287</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00190" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1287/article/3/1/3">art. 3(1)(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00191" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1287/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
</p>
<p>
S. 5 applied (with modifications) (1.8.2001) by
<ref eId="c00193" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2599">S.I. 2001/2599</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00194" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2599/article/3">art. 3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00195" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2599/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
(as substituted (10.2.2009) by
<ref eId="c00196" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256">S.I. 2009/256</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00197" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00198" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256/article/3/1/2">3(1)(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00199" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c1039833" marker="C3">
<p>
S. 6 applied with modifications by
<ref eId="c00253" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250">S.I. 1986/2250</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00254" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/2">regs. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00255" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/3">3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00256" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/5">5</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00257" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/schedule/1/part/III">Sch. 1 Pt. III</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c1039842" marker="C4">
<p>
S. 6(2)(b) modified by
<ref eId="c00315" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/1111">S.I. 1986/1111</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00316" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/1111/regulation/62/5">reg. 62(5)</ref>
(as substituted 6.4.1992 by
<ref eId="c00317" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/834">S.I. 1992/834</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00318" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/834/regulation/3/3">reg. 3(3)</ref>
subject as mentioned in reg. 2 of that Instrument)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c1039858" marker="C5">
<p>
S. 7 applied with modifications by
<ref eId="c00368" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250">S.I. 1986/2250</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00369" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/2">regs. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00370" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/3">3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00371" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/5">5</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00372" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/schedule/1/part/III">Sch. 1 Pt. III</ref>
</p>
<p>
S. 7 applied (with modifications) (4.5.1996) by
<ref eId="c00374" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1220">S.I. 1996/1220</ref>
,
<rref eId="c00375" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1220/article/3/1/a/b/5" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1220/article/3/1/a/b/8" ukl:CitationRef="c00374">art. 3(1)(a)(b)(5)-(8)</rref>
,
<ref eId="c00376" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1220/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
</p>
<p>
S. 7 applied (with modifications) (31.7.1997) by
<ref eId="c00378" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/61">1997 c. 61</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00379" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/61/section/3">s. 3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00380" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/61/schedule/3/paragraph/13">Sch. 3 para. 13</ref>
Table 3
</p>
<p>
S. 7 applied (with modifications) (25.4.1998) by
<ref eId="c00382" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1126">S.I. 1998/1126</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00383" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1126/article/6/1">art. 6(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00384" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1126/schedule/2">Sch. 2</ref>
</p>
<p>
S. 7 applied (with modifications) (19.3.1998) by
<ref eId="c00386" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/746">S.I. 1998/746</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00387" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/746/article/12">art. 12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00388" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/746/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
Table 3
</p>
<p>
S. 7 applied (with modifications) (22.5.1998) by
<ref eId="c00390" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1287">S.I. 1998/1287</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00391" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1287/article/3/1/3">art. 3(1)(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00392" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1287/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c1039859" marker="C6">
<p>
S. 7 applied (with modifications) (1.8.2001) by
<ref eId="c00394" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2599">S.I. 2001/2599</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00395" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2599/article/3">art. 3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00396" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2599/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
(as substituted (10.2.2009) by
<ref eId="c00397" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256">S.I. 2009/256</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00398" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00399" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256/article/3/1/2">3(1)(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00400" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c1039880" marker="C7">
<p>
S. 8 applied with modifications by
<ref eId="c00465" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250">S.I. 1986/2250</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00466" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/2">regs. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00467" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/3">3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00468" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/5">5</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00469" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/schedule/1/part/III">Sch. 1 Pt. III</ref>
</p>
<p>
S. 8 applied (with modifications) (4.5.1996) by
<ref eId="c00471" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1220">S.I. 1996/1220</ref>
,
<rref eId="c00472" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1220/article/3/1/a/b/5" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1220/article/3/1/a/b/8" ukl:CitationRef="c00471">art. 3(1)(a)(b)(5)-(8)</rref>
,
<ref eId="c00473" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1220/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
</p>
<p>
S. 8 applied (with modifications) (31.7.1997) by
<ref eId="c00475" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/61">1997 c. 61</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00476" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/61/section/3">s. 3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00477" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/61/schedule/3/paragraph/13">Sch. 3 para. 13</ref>
Table 3
</p>
<p>
S. 8 applied (with modifications) (19.3.1998) by
<ref eId="c00479" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/746">S.I. 1998/746</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00480" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/746/article/12">art. 12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00481" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/746/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
Table 3
</p>
<p>
S. 8 applied (with modifications) (22.5.1998) by
<ref eId="c00483" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1287">S.I. 1998/1287</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00484" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1287/article/3/1/3">art. 3(1)(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00485" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1287/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
</p>
<p>
S. 8 applied (with modifications) (25.4.1998) by
<ref eId="c00487" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1126">S.I. 1998/1126</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00488" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1126/article/6/1">art. 6(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00489" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1126/schedule/2">Sch. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c1039882" marker="C8">
<p>
S. 8 modified (17.2.1994) by
<ref eId="c00491" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/342">S.I. 1994/342</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00492" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/342/regulation/2/2">regs. 2(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00493" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/342/regulation/15/4">15(4)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00494" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/342/regulation/16/5">16(5)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c2014906" marker="C9">
<p>
S. 8 applied (with modifications) (1.8.2001) by
<ref eId="c00496" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2599">S.I. 2001/2599</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00497" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2599/article/3">art. 3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00498" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2599/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
(as substituted (10.2.2009) by
<ref eId="c00499" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256">S.I. 2009/256</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00500" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00501" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256/article/3/1/2">3(1)(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00502" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="key-3937c2e39ee26fad70d41d86bcaabed6" marker="C10">
<p>
S. 8 applied (with modifications) (31.10.2023) by
<ref eId="d10e4" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2599">S.I. 2001/2599</ref>
,
<ref eId="ccd8e720240209090642265Z" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2599/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
(as amended by
<ref eId="d10e10" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37">Elections Act 2022 (c. 37)</ref>
,
<ref eId="ccd8e1320240209090642265Z" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37/section/67/1">s. 67(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="ccd8e1620240209090642265Z" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/37/schedule/6/paragraph/45">Sch. 6 para. 45</ref>
;
<ref eId="d10e20" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145">S.I. 2023/1145</ref>
,
<ref eId="ccd8e2320240209090642265Z" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145/regulation/2/g/viii">reg. 2(g)(viii)</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="key-29a431a2c42d49a82c4eb446f539bc8e" marker="C11">
<p>
S. 8(5) restricted (31.10.2023) by
<ref eId="ca0o5m0r5-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145">The Elections Act 2022 (Commencement No. 9, Transitional and Savings Provisions and Appointed and Specified Days) and Ballot Secrecy Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1145)</ref>
,
<ref eId="ca0o5m0r5-00008" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/1145/schedule/paragraph/4">Sch. para. 4</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c1039907" marker="C12">
<p>
S. 9 applied (with modifications) by
<ref eId="c00596" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250">S.I. 1986/2250</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00597" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/2">regs. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00598" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/3">3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00599" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/5">5</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00600" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/schedule/1/part/III">Sch. 1 Pt. III</ref>
</p>
<p>
S. 9 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (4.5.1996) by
<ref eId="c00602" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1220">S.I. 1996/1220</ref>
. art. 3(1)(a)(b)(5)-(8), Sch. 1
</p>
<p>
S. 9 applied (with modifications) (31.7.1997) by
<ref eId="c00604" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/61">1997 c. 61</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00605" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/61/section/3">s. 3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00606" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/61/schedule/3/paragraph/13">Sch. 3 para. 13</ref>
Table 3
</p>
<p>
S. 9 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (25.4.1998) by
<ref eId="c00608" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1126">S.I. 1998/1126</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00609" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1126/article/6/1">art. 6(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00610" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1126/schedule/2">Sch. 2</ref>
</p>
<p>
S. 9 applied (with modifications) (19.3.1998) by
<ref eId="c00612" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/746">S.I. 1998/746</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00613" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/746/article/12">art. 12</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00614" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/746/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
Table 3
</p>
<p>
S. 9 applied (with modifications) (22.5.1998) by
<ref eId="c00616" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1287">S.I. 1998/1287</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00617" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1287/article/3/1/3">art. 3(1)(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00618" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/1287/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
</p>
<p>
S. 9 applied (with modifications) (1.8.2001) by
<ref eId="c00620" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2599">S.I. 2001/2599</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00621" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2599/article/3">art. 3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00622" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2599/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
(as substituted (10.2.2009) by
<ref eId="c00623" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256">S.I. 2009/256</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00624" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00625" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256/article/3/1/2">3(1)(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00626" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/256/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c1039922" marker="C13">
<p>
<ref eId="c00737" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/10">S. 10</ref>
applied (N.I.) by
<ref eId="c00738" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250">S.I. 1986/2250</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00739" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/2">regs. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00740" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/3">3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00741" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/5">5</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00742" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/schedule/1/part/III">Sch. 1 Pt. III</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c1039923" marker="C14">
<p>
<ref eId="c00743" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/10/2/3">S. 10(2)(3)</ref>
power of appointment not yet exercised
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c1039927" marker="C15">
<p>
<ref eId="c00744" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/11">S. 11</ref>
applied with modifications (N.I.) by
<ref eId="c00745" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250">S.I. 1986/2250</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00746" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/2">regs. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00747" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/3">3</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00748" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/5">5</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00749" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/schedule/1/part/III">Sch. 1 Pt. III</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c1039928" marker="C16">
<p>
<ref eId="c00750" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/11">S. 11</ref>
applied with modifications (E.W.S.) by
<ref eId="c00751" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2209">S.I. 1986/2209</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00752" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2209/regulation/2">regs. 2</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00753" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2209/regulation/3">3</ref>
,
<rref eId="c00754" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2209/regulation/5/1/6" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2209/regulation/5/1/8" ukl:CitationRef="c00751">5(1)(6)–(8)</rref>
,
<ref eId="c00755" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2209/schedule/1/part/II">Sch. 1 Pt. II</ref>
</p>
</note>
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<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">This section applies to determine the manner of voting of a person entitled to vote as an elector at a parliamentary </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039781" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">. . . election.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-2">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">(2)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">He may vote in person at the polling station allotted to him under the appropriate rules, unless he is entitled as an elector to an absent vote at the election.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-3">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">(3)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">He may vote by post if he is entitled as an elector to vote by post at the election.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-4">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">(4)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">If he is entitled to vote by proxy at the election, he may so vote unless, before a ballot paper has been issued for him to vote by proxy, he applies at the polling station allotted to him under the appropriate rules for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in person, in which case he may vote in person there.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-5">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">(5)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">If he is not entitled as an elector to an absent vote at the election but cannot reasonably be expected to go in person to the polling station allotted to him under the appropriate rules by reason of the particular circumstances of his employment, either as a constable or by the returning officer, on the date of the poll for a purpose connected with the election, he may vote in person at any polling station in the constituency </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039782" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">. . ..</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-5A">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p774" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039783">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039783" class="commentary"/>
(5A)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p774" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039783">Nothing in the preceding provisions of this section applies to—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-5A-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p774" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039783">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p774" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039783">a person to whom section 7 of the principal Act (mental patients who are not detained offenders) applies and who is liable, by virtue of any enactment, to be detained in the mental hospital in question, or</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-5-5A-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p774" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039783">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p774" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039783">a person to whom section 7A of that Act (persons remanded in custody) applies,</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p774" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039783">whether he is registered by virtue of that provision or not; and such a person may only vote by post or by proxy (where he is entitled as an elector to vote by post or, as the case may be, by proxy at the election).</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-5AA">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-cf5395b2b59f7c0b39c3eae3039682dd-1458683026851" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-cf5395b2b59f7c0b39c3eae3039682dd">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-cf5395b2b59f7c0b39c3eae3039682dd" class="commentary"/>
(5AA)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-cf5395b2b59f7c0b39c3eae3039682dd-1458683026851" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-cf5395b2b59f7c0b39c3eae3039682dd">Nothing in subsections (1) to (5) applies to a person who has an anonymous entry in the register of parliamentary electors for the constituency</ins>
</ins>
<i>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-cf5395b2b59f7c0b39c3eae3039682dd-1458683026851" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-cf5395b2b59f7c0b39c3eae3039682dd">;</ins>
</ins>
</i>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-cf5395b2b59f7c0b39c3eae3039682dd-1458683026851" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-cf5395b2b59f7c0b39c3eae3039682dd"> and such a person may only vote by post or by proxy (where entitled as an elector to vote by post or, as the case may be, by proxy at the election).</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-5B">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p796" ukl:CommentaryRef="c2006046">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c2006046" class="commentary"/>
(5B)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p796" ukl:CommentaryRef="c2006046">Subsection (2) above does not prevent a person, at the polling station allotted to him, marking a tendered ballot paper in pursuance of rule 40(1ZC) or (1ZE) of the parliamentary elections rules.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-6">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c2006046" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">(6)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">For the purposes of the provisions of this and the principal Act, a person entitled to vote as an elector at a parliamentary </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p811" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039784">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039784" class="commentary"/>
or local government
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779"> election is entitled as an elector to vote by post or entitled to vote by proxy at the election if he is shown in the absent voters list for the election as so entitled; and references in those provisions to entitlement as an elector to an absent vote at a parliamentary </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039784" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">. . . election are references to entitlement as an elector to vote by post or entitlement to vote by proxy at the election.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-5-7">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p817" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039786">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039786" class="commentary"/>
(7)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p817" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039786"> In this section and sections 6 to 9 of this Act “ </ins>
</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-appropriate-rules" eId="term-appropriate-rules">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p817" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039786">appropriate rules</ins>
</ins>
</term>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p737" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039779">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p817" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039786"> ” means the parliamentary elections rules. </ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-6">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039834" class="commentary"/>
6
</ins>
</num>
<heading> Absent vote at elections for an indefinite period.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-6-1">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(1)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">Where a person applies to the registration officer to vote by post, or to vote by proxy, at parliamentary elections, </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039835" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">. . . for an indefinite period, the registration officer shall grant the application (subject to subsection (6) below) if—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-1-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">he is satisfied that the applicant is eligible for an absent vote at </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p853" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039836">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039836" class="commentary"/>
parliamentary elections
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834"> for an indefinite period,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-1-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">he is satisfied that the applicant is or will be registered in the register for such elections, </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039837" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">. . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-1-ba">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p865" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039838">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039838" class="commentary"/>
(ba)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p865" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039838">the application states the applicant’s date of birth and the registration officer is satisfied that the date stated corresponds with the date supplied as the date of the applicant’s birth pursuant to section 10(4A)(b), 10A(1A)(b) or 13A(2A)(b) of the principal Act,</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-1-bb">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p865" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039838">(bb)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p865" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039838">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-347b6dc0525cbb8ea3354da012822f60-1531297585838" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-347b6dc0525cbb8ea3354da012822f60">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-347b6dc0525cbb8ea3354da012822f60" class="commentary"/>
in the case of an applicant other than one who is or will be digitally registered,
</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p865" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039838"> the application is signed and (unless section 10(4B), 10A(1B) or 13A(2B) of the principal Act applies) the registration officer is satisfied that the signature on the application corresponds with the signature supplied as the applicant’s signature pursuant to section 10(4A)(a), 10A(1A)(a) or 13A(2A)(a) of the principal Act,</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-1-bba">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p865" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039838">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de-1531297603734" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de" class="commentary"/>
(bba)
</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p865" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039838">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de-1531297603734" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de">in the case of an applicant who is or will be digitally registered, the registration officer is satisfied that the application—</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2" eId="section-6-1-bba-i">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p865" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039838">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de-1531297603734" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de">(i)</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p865" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039838">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de-1531297603734" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de">is signed, and</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2" eId="section-6-1-bba-ii">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p865" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039838">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de-1531297603734" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de">(ii)</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p865" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039838">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de-1531297603734" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de">includes the digital registration number allocated to the applicant by the officer,</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-1-bc">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p865" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039838">(bc)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p865" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039838">the application either states the applicant’s national insurance number or states that he does not have one, and the registration officer is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1A) below, and</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-1-c">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(c)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">the application meets the prescribed requirements.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-1ZA">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a74253bdeea11b403400b34b938080a-1531297625141" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a74253bdeea11b403400b34b938080a">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-2a74253bdeea11b403400b34b938080a" class="commentary"/>
(1ZA)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-2a74253bdeea11b403400b34b938080a-1531297625141" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-2a74253bdeea11b403400b34b938080a">In the case of an applicant who is or will be digitally registered, if the registration officer is satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable for the applicant to sign in a consistent and distinctive way because of blindness or any other disability of that person or because that person is unable to read, the officer may make a determination to that effect.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-1A">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p891" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039839">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039839" class="commentary"/>
(1A)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p891" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039839">For the purposes of subsection (1)(bc) above, the registration officer must be satisfied—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-1A-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p891" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039839">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p891" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039839">if the application states a national insurance number, that the requirements of subsection (1B) below are met, or</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-1A-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p891" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039839">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p891" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039839">if the application states that the applicant does not have a national insurance number, that no such number was supplied as his national insurance number pursuant to section 10(4A)(c)(i), 10A(1A)(c)(i) or 13A(2A)(c)(i) of the principal Act.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-1B">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p891" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039839">(1B)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p891" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039839">The requirements of this subsection are met if—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-1B-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p891" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039839">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p891" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039839">the number stated as mentioned in subsection (1A)(a) above is the same as the one supplied as the applicant’s national insurance number pursuant to section 10(4A)(c)(i), 10A(1A)(c)(i) or 13A(2A)(c)(i) of the principal Act, or</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-1B-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p891" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039839">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p891" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039839">no national insurance number was supplied under any of those provisions, but the registration officer is not aware of any reason to doubt the authenticity of the application.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-2">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(2)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">For the purposes of this section, a person is eligible for an absent vote at parliamentary </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039840" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">. . . elections for an indefinite period—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-za">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-f4c660b453cceabafcded90b31e9f16c-1458683216357" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f4c660b453cceabafcded90b31e9f16c">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-f4c660b453cceabafcded90b31e9f16c" class="commentary"/>
(za)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-f4c660b453cceabafcded90b31e9f16c-1458683216357" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f4c660b453cceabafcded90b31e9f16c">if he has an anonymous entry,</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">if he is or will be registered as a service voter,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-aa">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c1039841" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(aa)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(b)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">if he cannot reasonably be expected—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2" eId="section-6-2-b-i">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(i)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">to go in person to the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to him under the appropriate rules, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2" eId="section-6-2-b-ii">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(ii)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">to vote unaided there,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">by reason of blindness or other </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p971" ukl:CommentaryRef="c2006056">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c2006056" class="commentary"/>
disability
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834"> ,</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-c">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(c)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">if he cannot reasonably be expected to go in person to that polling station by reason of the general nature of his occupation, service or employment or that of his spouse </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p981" ukl:CommentaryRef="c2006011">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c2006011" class="commentary"/>
or civil partner
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">, </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p985" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039843">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039843" class="commentary"/>
or by reason of his attendance on a course provided by an educational institution or that of his spouse
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p985" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039843">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p987" ukl:CommentaryRef="c2006011">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c2006011" class="commentary"/>
or civil partner
</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834"> or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-2-d">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(d)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">if he cannot go in person from his qualifying address to that polling station without making a journey by air or sea,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">and is also eligible for an absent vote at parliamentary elections for an indefinite period if he is or will be registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration.</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-2A">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c1039844" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(2A)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-3">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(3)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">The registration officer shall keep a record of those whose applications under this section have been granted showing—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-3-a">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c1039845" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-3-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">in the case of those who may vote by post, the addresses provided by them in their applications as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent, and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-3-c">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(c)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">in the case of those who may vote by proxy, the names and addresses of those appointed as their proxies.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-4">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(4)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">The registration officer shall remove a person from the record kept under subsection (3) above—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-4-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">if he applies to the registration officer to be removed,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-4-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">in the case of any registered person, if he ceases to be registered or registered at the same qualifying address or ceases to be, or becomes, registered as a service voter or in pursuance of </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1050" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039846">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039846" class="commentary"/>
a declaration of local connection or
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834"> an overseas elector’s declaration, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-4-ba">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-acf97cab44da9059dcaef3dce8a8c4f6-1458683263737" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-acf97cab44da9059dcaef3dce8a8c4f6">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-acf97cab44da9059dcaef3dce8a8c4f6" class="commentary"/>
(ba)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-acf97cab44da9059dcaef3dce8a8c4f6-1458683263737" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-acf97cab44da9059dcaef3dce8a8c4f6">if he ceases to have an anonymous entry, or</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-4-c">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(c)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">if the registration officer gives notice that he has reason to believe there has been a material change of circumstances.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-5">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(5)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">A person shown in the record kept under subsection (3) above as voting by post or, as the case may be, voting by proxy may subsequently alter his choice (subject to subsection (6) below) on an application to the registration officer that meets the prescribed requirements and the registration officer shall amend the record accordingly.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-6">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(6)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">A person applying to vote by post must provide an address in the United Kingdom as the address to which his ballot paper is to be sent.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-7">
<num>
<ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208156529" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(7)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208156529" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">For the purposes of this section, a person is to be treated as a person who is or will be digitally registered if the person meets the condition in subsection (7A) or the condition in subsection (7B).</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-7A">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208216428" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3" class="commentary"/>
(7A)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208216428" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">A person meets the condition in this subsection if—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-7A-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208216428" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208216428" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">the person’s registration in the register of parliamentary electors is or will be pursuant to an application submitted through the UK digital service, and</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-7A-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208216428" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208216428" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">where, since the submission of that application, any form has been completed in respect of the person in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the principal Act, the last such form was submitted through the UK digital service.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-7B">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208258406" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3" class="commentary"/>
(7B)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208258406" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">A person meets the condition in this subsection if—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-7B-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208258406" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208258406" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">the last form to be completed in respect of the person in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the principal Act was submitted through the UK digital service, and</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-6-7B-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208258406" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208258406" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">where, since the submission of that form, any application for registration in the register of parliamentary electors has been made in respect of the person, the last such application was submitted through the UK digital service.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-8">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">(8)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">In this section—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">“digital registration number” has the same meaning as in section 10B(1) of the principal Act;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">“the </ins>
<abbr class="acronym" title="United Kingdom">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">UK</ins>
</abbr>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834"> digital service” has the same meaning as in section 10ZF of the principal Act, and </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-83f74e4de97845b050acc768041718e5-1600208489714" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-83f74e4de97845b050acc768041718e5">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-83f74e4de97845b050acc768041718e5" class="commentary"/>
references to a form or application
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834"> submitted through the </ins>
<abbr class="acronym" title="United Kingdom">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834">UK</ins>
</abbr>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p836" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039834"> digital service shall be construed in accordance with subsection (4) of that section.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-7">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039860" class="commentary"/>
7
</ins>
</num>
<heading> Absent vote at a particular election and absent voters list.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-7-1">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">(1)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">Where a person applies to the registration officer to vote by post, or to vote by proxy, at a particular parliamentary </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039861" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">. . . election, the registration officer shall grant the application (subject to subsection (5) below) if—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">he is satisfied that the applicant’s circumstances on the date of the poll will be or are likely to be such that he cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to him under the appropriate rules,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">he is satisfied that the applicant is or will be registered in the register of parliamentary </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039862" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">. . . electors, </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039863" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">. . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-ba">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1108" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039864">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039864" class="commentary"/>
(ba)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1108" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039864">the application states the applicant’s date of birth and the registration officer is satisfied that the date stated corresponds with the date supplied as the date of the applicant’s birth pursuant to section 10(4A)(b), 10A(1A)(b) or 13A(2A)(b) of the principal Act,</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-bb">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1108" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039864">(bb)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1108" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039864">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-77b8c4c56ff618040bb895e559a31dea-1531298040328" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-77b8c4c56ff618040bb895e559a31dea">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-77b8c4c56ff618040bb895e559a31dea" class="commentary"/>
in the case of an applicant other than one who is or will be digitally registered,
</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1108" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039864"> the application is signed and (unless section 10(4B), 10A(1B) or 13A(2B) of the principal Act applies) the registration officer is satisfied that the signature on the application corresponds with the signature supplied as the applicant’s signature pursuant to section 10(4A)(a), 10A(1A)(a) or 13A(2A)(a) of the principal Act,</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-bba">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1108" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039864">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-374d7f5501c84bfd09e6cc5ccaa3e7ca-1531298056273" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-374d7f5501c84bfd09e6cc5ccaa3e7ca">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-374d7f5501c84bfd09e6cc5ccaa3e7ca" class="commentary"/>
(bba)
</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1108" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039864">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-374d7f5501c84bfd09e6cc5ccaa3e7ca-1531298056273" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-374d7f5501c84bfd09e6cc5ccaa3e7ca">in the case of an applicant who is or will be digitally registered, the registration officer is satisfied that the application—</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2" eId="section-7-1-bba-i">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1108" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039864">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-374d7f5501c84bfd09e6cc5ccaa3e7ca-1531298056273" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-374d7f5501c84bfd09e6cc5ccaa3e7ca">(i)</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1108" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039864">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-374d7f5501c84bfd09e6cc5ccaa3e7ca-1531298056273" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-374d7f5501c84bfd09e6cc5ccaa3e7ca">is signed, and</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2" eId="section-7-1-bba-ii">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1108" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039864">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-374d7f5501c84bfd09e6cc5ccaa3e7ca-1531298056273" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-374d7f5501c84bfd09e6cc5ccaa3e7ca">(ii)</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1108" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039864">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-374d7f5501c84bfd09e6cc5ccaa3e7ca-1531298056273" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-374d7f5501c84bfd09e6cc5ccaa3e7ca">includes the digital registration number allocated to the applicant by the officer,</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-bc">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1108" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039864">(bc)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1108" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039864">the application either states the applicant’s national insurance number or states that he does not have one, and the registration officer is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1A) below, and</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-1-c">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">(c)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">the application meets the prescribed requirements.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-1ZA">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-abd7132dc6110a1d90cc7f49854bed31-1531298070485" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-abd7132dc6110a1d90cc7f49854bed31">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-abd7132dc6110a1d90cc7f49854bed31" class="commentary"/>
(1ZA)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-abd7132dc6110a1d90cc7f49854bed31-1531298070485" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-abd7132dc6110a1d90cc7f49854bed31">In the case of an applicant who is or will be digitally registered, if the registration officer is satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable for the applicant to sign in a consistent and distinctive way because of blindness or any other disability of that person or because that person is unable to read, the officer may make a determination to that effect.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-1A">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1134" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039865">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039865" class="commentary"/>
(1A)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1134" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039865">For the purposes of subsection (1)(bc) above, the registration officer must be satisfied—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-1A-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1134" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039865">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1134" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039865">if the application states a national insurance number, that the requirements of subsection (1B) below are met, or</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-1A-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1134" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039865">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1134" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039865">if the application states that the applicant does not have a national insurance number, that no such number was supplied as his national insurance number pursuant to section 10(4A)(c)(i), 10A(1A)(c)(i) or 13A(2A)(c)(i) of the principal Act.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-1B">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1134" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039865">(1B)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1134" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039865">The requirements of this subsection are met if—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-1B-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1134" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039865">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1134" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039865">the number stated as mentioned in subsection (1A)(a) above is the same as the one supplied as the applicant’s national insurance number pursuant to section 10(4A)(c)(i), 10A(1A)(c)(i) or 13A(2A)(c)(i) of the principal Act, or</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-1B-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1134" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039865">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1134" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039865">no national insurance number was supplied under any of those provisions, but the registration officer is not aware of any reason to doubt the authenticity of the application.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-2">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1172" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039866">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039866" class="commentary"/>
(2)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1172" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039866">Subsection (1) above does not apply to a person who is included in the record kept under section 6 of this Act, but such a person may, in respect of a particular parliamentary election, apply to the registration officer—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-2-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1172" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039866">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1172" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039866">for his ballot paper to be sent to a different address in the United Kingdom, or</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-2-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1172" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039866">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1172" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039866">to vote by proxy,</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1172" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039866">if he is shown in the record so kept as voting by post at parliamentary elections.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-3">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">(3)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">The registration officer shall grant an application under subsection (2) above if it meets the prescribed requirements.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-4">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">(4)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">The registration officer shall, in respect of each parliamentary </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039867" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">. . . election, keep a special list (“the absent voters list”) consisting of—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-4-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">(a)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">a list of—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2" eId="section-7-4-a-i">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">(i)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">those whose applications under subsection (1) above to vote by post at the election have been granted, together with the addresses provided by them in their applications as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent, and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2" eId="section-7-4-a-ii">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">(ii)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">those who are for the time being shown in the record kept under section 6 of this Act as voting by post at </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1226" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039868">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039868" class="commentary"/>
parliamentary elections
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">(excluding those so shown whose applications under subsection (2) above to vote by proxy at the election have been granted), together with the addresses provided by them in their applications under that section or, as the case may be, subsection (2) above as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent, and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-4-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">a list (“the list of proxies”) of those whose applications under this section to vote by proxy at the election have been granted or who are for the time being shown in the record kept under section 6 of this Act as voting by proxy at </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1236" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039868">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039868" class="commentary"/>
parliamentary elections
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">, together with the names and addresses of those appointed as their proxies.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-4A">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-98dcbf7606c7ae4aedac28f1c7c0a636-1458683503383" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-98dcbf7606c7ae4aedac28f1c7c0a636">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-98dcbf7606c7ae4aedac28f1c7c0a636" class="commentary"/>
(4A)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-98dcbf7606c7ae4aedac28f1c7c0a636-1458683503383" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-98dcbf7606c7ae4aedac28f1c7c0a636">But in the case of a person who has an anonymous entry, the list mentioned in subsection (4)(a) or (b) must contain only—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-4A-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-98dcbf7606c7ae4aedac28f1c7c0a636-1458683503383" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-98dcbf7606c7ae4aedac28f1c7c0a636">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-98dcbf7606c7ae4aedac28f1c7c0a636-1458683503383" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-98dcbf7606c7ae4aedac28f1c7c0a636">the person’s electoral number, and</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-4A-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-98dcbf7606c7ae4aedac28f1c7c0a636-1458683503383" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-98dcbf7606c7ae4aedac28f1c7c0a636">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-98dcbf7606c7ae4aedac28f1c7c0a636-1458683503383" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-98dcbf7606c7ae4aedac28f1c7c0a636">the date on which the person’s entitlement to remain registered anonymously will terminate under section 9C(1A) of the principal Act (in the absence of a further application under section 9B of that Act).</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-5">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">(5)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">A person applying to vote by post must provide an address in the United Kingdom as the address to which his ballot paper is to be sent.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-6">
<num>
<ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3-1600208857031" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">(6)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3-1600208857031" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3">For the purposes of this section, a person is to be treated as a person who is or will be digitally registered if the person meets the condition in subsection (6A) or the condition in subsection (6B).</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-6A">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3-1600208982367" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3" class="commentary"/>
(6A)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3-1600208982367" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3">A person meets the condition in this subsection if—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-6A-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3-1600208982367" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3-1600208982367" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3">the person’s registration in the register of parliamentary electors is or will be pursuant to an application submitted through the UK digital service, and</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-6A-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3-1600208982367" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3-1600208982367" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3">where, since the submission of that application, any form has been completed in respect of the person in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the principal Act, the last such form was submitted through the UK digital service.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-6B">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3-1600209030512" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3" class="commentary"/>
(6B)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3-1600209030512" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3">A person meets the condition in this subsection if—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-6B-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3-1600209030512" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3-1600209030512" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3">the last form to be completed in respect of the person in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the principal Act was submitted through the UK digital service, and</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-7-6B-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3-1600209030512" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3-1600209030512" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-948755c5bd3648e85aedb89818cecaf3">where, since the submission of that form, any application for registration in the register of parliamentary electors has been made in respect of the person, the last such application was submitted through the UK digital service.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-7">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">(7)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">In this section—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">“digital registration number” has the same meaning as in section 10B(1) of the principal Act;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">“the </ins>
<abbr class="acronym" title="United Kingdom">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">UK</ins>
</abbr>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860"> digital service” has the same meaning as in section 10ZF of the principal Act, and </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-9e7032580b039c4ba7326fc28f879c35-1600209181154" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-9e7032580b039c4ba7326fc28f879c35">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-9e7032580b039c4ba7326fc28f879c35" class="commentary"/>
references to a form or application
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860"> submitted through the </ins>
<abbr class="acronym" title="United Kingdom">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860">UK</ins>
</abbr>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1081" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039860"> digital service shall be construed in accordance with subsection (4) of that section.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-8">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039881" class="commentary"/>
8
</ins>
</num>
<heading> Proxies at elections.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-8-1">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">(1)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">Subject to the provisions of this section, any person is capable of being appointed proxy to vote for another (in this section and section 9 of this Act referred to as “</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-the-elector" eId="term-the-elector">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">the elector</ins>
</term>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">”) at any parliamentary </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039883" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">... election and may vote in pursuance of the appointment.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-2">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">(2)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">The elector cannot have more than one person at a time appointed as proxy to vote for him at parliamentary elections (whether in the same constituency or elsewhere).</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-2A">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-c9431235528c4813f1d6aff4c428c646-1707469424951" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-c9431235528c4813f1d6aff4c428c646">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-c9431235528c4813f1d6aff4c428c646" class="commentary"/>
(2A)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-c9431235528c4813f1d6aff4c428c646-1707469424951" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-c9431235528c4813f1d6aff4c428c646">A person is not capable of being appointed to vote, or voting, as proxy at a parliamentary election unless the person is or will be registered in a register of parliamentary electors in Great Britain or Northern Ireland.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-3">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1276" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039884">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039884" class="commentary"/>
(3)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1276" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039884">A person is not capable of being appointed to vote, or voting, as proxy at a parliamentary election—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-8-3-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1276" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039884">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1276" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039884">if he is subject to any legal incapacity (age apart) to vote at that election as an elector, </ins>
</ins>
<noteRef href="#key-5dcb9cb7c78ea2f95a5153c89f6cf13c" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1276" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039884">...</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-8-3-b">
<num>
<noteRef href="#key-aae5e365fd25d5da06b155518a494e9b" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1276" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039884">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1276" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039884">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-3A">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c1039885" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1276" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039884">(3A)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1276" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039884">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-4">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">(4)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">A person is not capable of voting as proxy at </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1309" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039886">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039886" class="commentary"/>
a parliamentary
</ins>
</ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039887" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1309" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039886">... </ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881"> election unless on the date of the poll he has attained the age of eighteen.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-5">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a-1707470076871" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a" class="commentary"/>
(5)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a-1707470076871" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a">A person—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-8-5-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a-1707470076871" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a-1707470076871" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a">is not entitled to vote as proxy at a parliamentary election on behalf of more than two electors who do not fall within subsection (5A), but</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-8-5-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a-1707470076871" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a-1707470076871" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a">subject to paragraph (a), is entitled to vote as proxy at a parliamentary election on behalf of up to four electors.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-5A">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a-1707470076871" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a">(5A)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a-1707470076871" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a">An elector falls within this subsection if the elector is registered in a register of parliamentary electors in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration or a service declaration.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-5B">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="substitution" ukl:ChangeId="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a-1707470076871" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a">(5B)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a-1707470076871" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-27b7028cd7174606634be36f4dd1544a">Where the polls for two or more parliamentary elections are held on the same day, references in subsection (5A) to a parliamentary election are to all of those elections taken together.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-6">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">(6)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">Where the elector applies to the registration officer for the appointment of a proxy to vote for him at parliamentary elections </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039889" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">. . . for an indefinite period, the registration officer shall make the appointment if the application meets the prescribed requirements and he is satisfied that the elector is or will be—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-8-6-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">registered in the register of </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1341" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039890">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039890" class="commentary"/>
parliamentary electors
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">, and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-8-6-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">shown in the record kept under section 6 of this Act as voting by proxy at such elections,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">and that the proxy is capable of being and willing to be appointed to vote as proxy at such elections.</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-7">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">(7)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">Where the elector applies to the registration officer for the appointment of a proxy to vote for him at a particular parliamentary </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039891" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">... election, the registration officer shall make the appointment if the application meets the prescribed requirements and he is satisfied that the elector is or will be—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-8-7-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">registered in the register of parliamentary </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039892" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">. . . electors for that election, and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-8-7-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">entitled to vote by proxy at that election by virtue of an application under section 7 of this Act,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">and that the proxy is capable of being and willing to be appointed.</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-7A">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-6ef6e8f3f450e09afedd344133d2e77d-1707469444695" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6ef6e8f3f450e09afedd344133d2e77d">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-6ef6e8f3f450e09afedd344133d2e77d" class="commentary"/>
(7A)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6ef6e8f3f450e09afedd344133d2e77d-1707469444695" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6ef6e8f3f450e09afedd344133d2e77d">The requirements prescribed under subsections (6) and (7) must include a requirement for an application to contain the proxy’s date of birth.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-8">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">(8)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">The appointment of a proxy under this section is to be made by means of a proxy paper issued by the registration officer.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-9">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1383" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039893">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039893" class="commentary"/>
(9)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1383" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039893">The appointment may be cancelled by the elector by giving notice to the registration officer, and shall also cease to be in force on the issue of a proxy paper appointing a different person to vote for him at any parliamentary election or elections (whether in the same constituency or elsewhere).</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-10">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">(10)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">Subject to subsection (9) above, the appointment shall remain in force—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-8-10-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">in the case of an appointment for a particular election, for that election, and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-8-10-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">in any other case, while the elector is shown as voting by proxy in the record kept under section 6 of this Act in pursuance of the same application under that section.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-11">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c1039894" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">(11)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1256" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039881">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-9">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039908" class="commentary"/>
9
</ins>
</num>
<heading> Voting as proxy.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-9-1">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(1)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">A person entitled to vote as proxy at a parliamentary </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1434" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039909">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039909" class="commentary"/>
or local government
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908"> election may do so in person at the polling station allotted to the elector under the appropriate rules unless he is entitled to vote by post as proxy for the elector at the election, in which case he may vote by post.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-1A">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-fabadb78eef3952ca5e55c3a0e90621d-1458683685374" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-fabadb78eef3952ca5e55c3a0e90621d">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-fabadb78eef3952ca5e55c3a0e90621d" class="commentary"/>
(1A)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-fabadb78eef3952ca5e55c3a0e90621d-1458683685374" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-fabadb78eef3952ca5e55c3a0e90621d">But in the case of a person entitled to vote as proxy for an elector who has an anonymous entry—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-1A-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-fabadb78eef3952ca5e55c3a0e90621d-1458683685374" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-fabadb78eef3952ca5e55c3a0e90621d">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-fabadb78eef3952ca5e55c3a0e90621d-1458683685374" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-fabadb78eef3952ca5e55c3a0e90621d">subsection (1) does not apply, and</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-1A-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-fabadb78eef3952ca5e55c3a0e90621d-1458683685374" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-fabadb78eef3952ca5e55c3a0e90621d">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-fabadb78eef3952ca5e55c3a0e90621d-1458683685374" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-fabadb78eef3952ca5e55c3a0e90621d">the person may only so vote by post (where entitled as a proxy to vote by post).</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-2">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(2)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">Where a person is entitled to vote by post as proxy for the elector at any election, the elector may not apply for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in person at the election.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-3">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(3)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">For the purposes of this and the principal Act, a person entitled to vote as proxy for another at a parliamentary </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039909" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">. . . election is entitled so to vote by post if he is included in the list kept under subsection (9) below in respect of the election.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-4">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(4)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">Where a person applies to the registration officer to vote by post as proxy at parliamentary elections </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039911" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">. . . for an indefinite period, the registration officer shall (subject to subsections (10) and (12) below) grant the application if—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-4-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">the applicant is included in any record kept under section 6 of this Act in respect of a constituency </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039912" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">. . . for the whole or any part of which the registration officer acts, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-4-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">the address provided by the applicant in his application as the address to which his ballot paper is to be sent is not in the same area as the elector’s qualifying address or, where the elector is registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration, the address specified in the declaration in accordance with section 2(4) of this Act, </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-1f5185745bf2ff4c13e0c0ee8fe46a1a-1458683998215" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-1f5185745bf2ff4c13e0c0ee8fe46a1a">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-1f5185745bf2ff4c13e0c0ee8fe46a1a" class="commentary"/>
or
</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-4-c">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-382f70458efd2f3e0f57345928a2f8d5-1458683818245" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-382f70458efd2f3e0f57345928a2f8d5">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-382f70458efd2f3e0f57345928a2f8d5" class="commentary"/>
(c)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-382f70458efd2f3e0f57345928a2f8d5-1458683818245" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-382f70458efd2f3e0f57345928a2f8d5">the elector has an anonymous entry,</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">and the application meets the prescribed requirements.</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-5">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c1039913" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(5)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-6">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(6)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">The registration officer shall keep a record of those whose applications under subsection (4) above have been granted showing—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-6-a">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c1039914" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-6-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">the addresses provided by them in their applications as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent </ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-7">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(7)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">Where a person applies to the registration officer to vote by post as proxy at a particular election and the application meets the prescribed requirements, the registration officer shall (subject to subsections (10) and (12) below) grant the application if—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-7-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">he is satisfied that the applicant’s circumstances on the date of the poll will be or are likely to be such that he cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to the elector under the appropriate rules, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-7-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">the applicant is, or the registration officer is satisfied that he will be, included in respect of the constituency </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039915" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">. . . for the whole or any part of which the registration officer acts in any of the absent voters lists for that election, </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-17b7cf4a11850aa2dcb8702e9cd234aa-1458684191035" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-17b7cf4a11850aa2dcb8702e9cd234aa">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-17b7cf4a11850aa2dcb8702e9cd234aa" class="commentary"/>
or
</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-7-c">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-6fac5a06c4212a2ac8a463972113b8ba-1458684153865" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6fac5a06c4212a2ac8a463972113b8ba">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-6fac5a06c4212a2ac8a463972113b8ba" class="commentary"/>
(c)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6fac5a06c4212a2ac8a463972113b8ba-1458684153865" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6fac5a06c4212a2ac8a463972113b8ba">the elector has an anonymous entry.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-8">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(8)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">Where, in the case of a particular election, a person included in the record kept under subsection (6) above </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039916" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">. . . applies to the registration officer for his ballot paper to be sent to a different address in the United Kingdom, the registration officer shall grant the application if it meets the prescribed requirements.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-9">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(9)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">The registration officer shall, in respect of each parliamentary </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039917" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">. . . election, keep a special list of—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-9-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">those who are for the time being included in the record kept under subsection (6) above </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039918" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">. . ., together with the addresses provided by them in their applications under that subsection or, as the case may be, subsection (8) above as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent, and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-9-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">those whose applications under subsection (7) above have been granted in respect of the election concerned, together with the addresses provided by them in their applications as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-9A">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310-1458683726134" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310" class="commentary"/>
(9A)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310-1458683726134" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310">In the case of a person who has an anonymous entry, the list mentioned in subsection (9)(a) or (b) must contain only—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-9A-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310-1458683726134" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310-1458683726134" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310">the person’s electoral number, and</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-9A-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310-1458683726134" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310-1458683726134" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310">the date on which the entitlement of the person to remain registered anonymously will terminate under section 9C(1A) of the principal Act (in the absence of a further application under section 9B of that Act).</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-9B">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310-1458683726134" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310">(9B)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310-1458683726134" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310">In the case of a person who is the proxy for an elector who has an anonymous entry, the list mentioned in subsection (9)(a) or (b) must contain only—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-9B-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310-1458683726134" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310">(a)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310-1458683726134" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310">the person’s electoral number, and</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-9B-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310-1458683726134" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310">(b)</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310-1458683726134" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8065f0a6fecd59a88eaf0404c65e4310">the date on which the elector’s entitlement to remain registered anonymously will terminate under section 9C(1A) of the principal Act (in the absence of a further application under section 9B of that Act).</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-10">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(10)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">The registration officer shall not grant any application under this section unless—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-10-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">he is satisfied that the elector is or will be registered in the register of parliamentary electors </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039919" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">. . ., and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-10-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">there is in force an appointment of the applicant as the elector’s proxy to vote for him at </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1572" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039920">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c1039920" class="commentary"/>
parliamentary elections
</ins>
</ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908"> or, as the case may be, the election concerned.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-11">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(11)</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">The registration officer shall remove a person from the record kept under subsection (6) above—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-11-a">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(a)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">if he applies to the registration officer to be removed,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-11-b">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(b)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">where he was included in the record on the ground mentioned in subsection (4)(a) above, if he ceases to be included in any record kept under section 6 of this Act in respect of a constituency </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039921" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">. . ., for the whole or any part of which the registration officer acts or becomes so included in pursuance of a further application under that section,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-11-ba">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-e759f0f39df60e41fa134e3bd9432e96-1458684076615" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-e759f0f39df60e41fa134e3bd9432e96">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-e759f0f39df60e41fa134e3bd9432e96" class="commentary"/>
(ba)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-e759f0f39df60e41fa134e3bd9432e96-1458684076615" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-e759f0f39df60e41fa134e3bd9432e96">where he was included in the record on the ground mentioned in subsection (4)(c), if the elector ceases to have an anonymous entry,</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-11-c">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(c)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">if the elector ceases to be registered as mentioned in subsection (10)(a) above, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-9-11-d">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(d)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">if the appointment of the person concerned as the elector’s proxy ceases to be in force (whether or not he is re-appointed).</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-11A">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1608" ukl:CommentaryRef="c2006058">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c2006058" class="commentary"/>
(11A)
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1608" ukl:CommentaryRef="c2006058">Subsection (2) above does not prevent a person, at the polling station allotted to him, marking a tendered ballot paper in pursuance of rule 40(1ZC) or (1ZE) of the parliamentary elections rules.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-12">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c2006058" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">(12)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p1425" ukl:CommentaryRef="c1039908">A person applying to vote by post as proxy must provide an address in the United Kingdom as the address to which his ballot paper is to be sent.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-10">
<num>10</num>
<heading> Voting at special polling stations in Northern Ireland.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-10-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>Schedule 1 to this Act makes provision for those—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-10-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>whose circumstances on the date of the poll at a particular parliamentary election in Northern Ireland will be or are likely to be such that they cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person as electors at the polling stations allotted or likely to be allotted to them under the parliamentary elections rules, but</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-10-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>who on that date will be in Northern Ireland.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument bring that Schedule into force if he is satisfied that it is necessary to do so in order to prevent serious abuse of the system of voting by post in the case of ballot papers for elections in Northern Ireland sent to addresses there in pursuance of applications granted under section 7(1) of this Act.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>That Schedule shall cease to be in force if the Secretary of State so provides by order made by statutory instrument (without prejudice to his power to make a further order under subsection (2) above), and an order under this subsection may include such transitional provisions as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>No order under this section shall be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by each House of Parliament.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-5">
<num>(5)</num>
<content>
<p>While that Schedule is in force, section 7(5) of this Act shall have effect as if it required a person applying under section 7(1) of this Act to vote by post at a particular parliamentary election in Northern Ireland to provide an address in Great Britain as the address to which his ballot paper is to be sent.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-11">
<num>11</num>
<heading> Manner of voting: supplementary provision.</heading>
<intro>
<p>Schedule 2 to this Act (which—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-11-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>in Part I, makes amendments of the principal Act consequential on the provisions of sections 5 to 9 of this Act,</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-11-b">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c1039929" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
(b)
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-11-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>in Part III, makes provision as to absent voting at municipal elections in the City)</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>shall have effect.</p>
</wrapUp>
</section>
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</body>
</act>
</akomaNtoso>