Schedules
Schedule 4Proxy voting: limits and transitional provision
6Representation of the People Act 1985
1
Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (proxies at parliamentary elections in Northern Ireland) is amended as follows.
2
After subsection (2) insert—
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
In subsection (3)—
a
omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (a);
b
omit paragraph (b).
4
For subsection (5) substitute—
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.
5
After subsection (7) insert—
7A
The requirements prescribed under subsections (6) and (7) must include a requirement for an application to contain the proxy’s date of birth.