PART 4 N.I.ABSENT VOTERS

[F1 Additional requirement for applications for ballot papers to be sent to a different address to that in register N.I.

55A.— (1) Paragraph (2) applies where—

(a) in the case of an application to vote by post under section 6(1) of the 1985 Act, the addresses provided in accordance with section 6(6) of that Act and regulation 55(2)(b) are different;

(b) in the case of an application to vote by post under section 7(1) of the 1985 Act, the addresses provided in accordance with section 7(5) of that Act and regulation 55(2)(b) are different;

(c) in the case of an application by a proxy to vote by post under section 9(4) [F2 or (7)] of the 1985 Act, the address provided in accordance with section 9(12) of that Act and the proxy’s address provided in accordance with regulation 55(2)(c) are different.

(2) The application must set out why the applicant’s (“A”) circumstances will be or are likely to be such that A requires the ballot paper to be sent to the address provided in accordance with the provisions of the 1985 Act mentioned above.

[F3 (3) This regulation does not apply where an applicant has, or has applied for, an anonymous entry.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Regs. 55A, 55B inserted (4.2.2010) by The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/278), regs. 1(2), 5(1)

F2 Words in reg. 55A(1)(c) inserted (31.10.2023) by The Representation of the People and Recall Petition (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1116), regs. 1(2), 7

F3 Reg. 55A(3) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1808), regs. 1(1), 17

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Reg. 55A applied (with modifications) (26.2.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/219), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 72