Elections Act 2022

Valid from 16/01/2024

Postal votingU.K.

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15(1)This paragraph applies where, immediately before the commencement date, a person to whom paragraph 14 applies has an entitlement to vote by post (whether as elector or proxy) at parliamentary elections in England and Wales or Scotland.

(2)Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the person’s entitlement to vote by post ends on the last day of the period of 12 months beginning with the date when the person’s entry in the register of parliamentary electors first takes effect (unless it ends sooner).

(3)Where—

(a)as a result of paragraph 14(3)(b) the person remains registered in a register of parliamentary electors until the time referred to in that provision, and

(b)the person’s entitlement to vote by post would (as a result of sub-paragraph (2)) otherwise end before that time,

the entitlement ends at that time.

(4)As soon as practicable after the commencement date, the registration officer must alter the record kept under paragraph 3(4) or 7(6) of Schedule 4 to RPA 2000 (as the case may be) so as to reflect any change resulting from sub-paragraph (2) or (3) in the period for which the person’s entitlement to vote by post lasts.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 7 para. 15 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 67(1)