The Local Government Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Members) Regulations 1995

7.  For section 8(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1985(1), there shall be substituted:

(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, or

(b)if he is neither a Commonwealth citizen nor a citizen of the Republic of Ireland.

(3A) A person is not capable of being appointed to vote, or voting, as proxy at a local government election—

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

(b)if he is neither a Commonwealth citizen nor a citizen of the Republic of Ireland nor a relevant citizen of the Union..