[F1Additional requirement for applications for ballot papers to be sent to different address from that shown in the record kept under section 6(3) or section 9(6) of the 1985 ActN.I.
55B.—[F2(1)] An application under—
(a)section 7(2) of the 1985 Act by a person (“A”) shown as voting by post in the record kept under section 6(3) of that Act; or
(b)section 9(8) of the 1985 Act by a person (“A”) shown as voting by post in the record kept under section 9(6) of that Act,
for A’s ballot paper to be sent to a different address from that shown in the record shall set out why A’s circumstances will be or are likely to be such that A requires the ballot paper to be sent to that address.]
[F3(2) This regulation does not apply where the applicant has, or has applied for, an anonymous entry.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 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)
F2Reg. 55B renumbered as reg. 55B(1) (15.9.2014) by The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1808), regs. 1(1), 18
F3Reg. 55B(2) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1808), regs. 1(1), 18
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 55B applied (with modifications) (26.2.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/219), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 73