Representation of the People Act 1985
6(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.”