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5.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, any person is capable of being appointed proxy to vote for another (“the elector”) at a PCC election.
(2) The elector cannot have more than one person at a time appointed as proxy to vote for the elector at a PCC election in the same police area.
(3) A person is capable of being appointed to vote as proxy at a PCC election only if—
(a)the person is not subject to any legal incapacity (age apart) to vote at that election as an elector, and
[F1(b)the person is or will be registered in the register of electors for any area of Great Britain or Northern Ireland.]
(4) The registration officer must make the appointment if the application meets the requirements set out in Part 2 of this Schedule and the registration officer is satisfied that—
(a)the elector is or will be—
(i)registered in the register of electors, and
(ii)entitled to vote by proxy at that election by virtue of an application under paragraph 3(2), (3) or (5)(b) (proxy vote at particular PCC election), and
(b)the proxy is capable of being, and willing to be, appointed.
(5) The appointment of a proxy under this paragraph must be made by means of a proxy paper issued by the registration officer in Form 1 set out in Part 4 of this Schedule or a proxy paper to the like effect.
(6) The appointment may be cancelled by the elector by giving notice to the registration officer.
(7) The appointment also ceases to be in force on the issue of a proxy paper appointing a different person to vote for the elector at a PCC election in the same police area.
(8) Subject to sub-paragraphs (6) and (7), the appointment remains in force for the particular election to which it relates.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 para. 5(3)(b) substituted (10.6.2014) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/921), arts. 1(4), 9
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