55.—(1) An application under paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 4 to vote by proxy at a particular election shall set out why the applicant’s circumstances on the date of the poll for that election in respect of which it is made will be or are likely to be such that he cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at his allotted polling station.
[F2(1A) Paragraph (1) does not apply where the applicant has an anonymous entry.]
(2) Where an application under paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 4—
(a)is made on the grounds of the applicant’s [F3disability]; and
(b)is made after 5 p.m. on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the election for which it is made,
the requirements of regulation 53 as to the matters to be specified and the attestation shall apply.
(3) Where an application mentioned in paragraph (2) above is made, the person who attests the application shall state, in addition to those matters specified in [F4regulation 53], to the best of his knowledge and belief, the date upon which the applicant became [F5disabled].]
[F6(4) Where an application under paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 4 is made by a person to whom paragraph 2(5A) of that Schedule applies after 5 p.m. on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the election for which it is made, the requirements of paragraph (5) below as to the matters to be specified and as to attestation shall apply.
(5) Where an application mentioned in paragraph (4) above is made—
(a)the application shall additionally state the name and address of the hospital at which the applicant is liable to be detained; and
(b)the application shall be attested by or on behalf of a manager, within the meaning of section 145(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983, of the hospital at which the applicant is liable to be detained, and the attestation shall state—
(i)the name of the person attesting the application;
(ii)his position in the hospital at which the applicant is liable to be detained;
(iii)that he is a person authorised to make the attestation; and
(iv)the statutory provision under which the applicant is liable to be detained in the hospital.
(6) This regulation does not apply where an applicant has an anonymous entry.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 55 substituted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/752), regs. 1(1), 5
F2Reg. 55(1A) inserted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 20
F3Word in reg. 55(2)(a) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 43(2)
F4Words in reg. 55(3) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 43(3)(a)
F5Words in reg. 55(3) substituted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 43(3)(b)
F6Reg. 55(4)-(6) inserted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 43(4)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Regs. 50-61 applied (with modifications) (23.7.2004) by The Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1962), arts. 1(1), 6(1), Sch. 2 Pt. 3