Schedules
Schedule 6Local elections in Northern Ireland and elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly
Part 1Local elections in Northern Ireland
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For paragraph 3 substitute—
3Undue influence
1
A person is guilty of undue influence if the person carries out an activity falling within sub-paragraph (3) for the purpose of—
a
inducing or compelling an elector or proxy for an elector to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting, or
b
otherwise impeding or preventing the free exercise of the franchise of an elector or of a proxy for an elector.
2
A person (“P”) is also guilty of undue influence if P carries out an activity falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (f) of sub-paragraph (3) on account of—
a
an elector or proxy for an elector having voted in a particular way or refrained from voting, or
b
P assuming an elector or proxy for an elector to have voted in a particular way or to have refrained from voting.
3
The following activities fall within this sub-paragraph—
a
using or threatening to use violence against a person;
b
damaging or destroying, or threatening to damage or destroy, a person’s property;
c
damaging or threatening to damage a person’s reputation;
d
causing or threatening to cause financial loss to a person;
e
causing spiritual injury to, or placing undue spiritual pressure on, a person;
f
doing any other act designed to intimidate a person;
g
doing any act designed to deceive a person in relation to the administration of an election.
4
For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) an activity is carried out by a person (“P”) if it is carried out—
a
by P,
b
by P jointly with one or more other persons, or
c
by one or more other persons on behalf of P and with P’s authority or consent.