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6.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, where a relevant proxy appointment is in force, the person appointed is entitled to vote as proxy for the person for whom the appointment was made (“the elector”).
(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “relevant proxy appointment” means—
(a)in relation to an elector who is included in the list of proxies by virtue of paragraph 4(3)(a)(i), an appointment under paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000;
(b)in relation to an elector who is included in the list of proxies by virtue of paragraph 4(3)(a)(ii), an appointment under paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004;
(c)in relation to an elector who is included in the list of proxies by virtue of paragraph 4(3)(b), an appointment under paragraph 5 of this Schedule.
(3) A person is capable of voting 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
(b)the person is a Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a relevant citizen of the Union.
(4) A person is not capable of voting as proxy at a PCC election unless on the date of the poll he or she has attained the age of eighteen.
(5) A person is not entitled to vote as proxy at the same ordinary PCC election in any police area on behalf of more than two others of whom that person is not the spouse, civil partner, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child or grandchild.
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