The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012

Additional requirements for certain applications

Additional requirements: applications where address for ballot papers differs from address in application

12.—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where—

(a) in the case of an application to vote by post under paragraph 3(1), the addresses stated in accordance with paragraph 11(1)(b) and (d) are different;

(b) in the case of an application by a proxy to vote by post under paragraph 7(4), the proxy’s address stated in accordance with paragraph 11(1)(c) and the address stated in accordance with paragraph 11(1)(d) are different.

(2) The application must set out why the applicant’s circumstances will be or are likely to be such that the applicant requires the ballot paper to be sent to the address stated in accordance with paragraph 11(1)(d).

(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply where an applicant has, or has applied for, an anonymous entry.

Additional requirements: applications for ballot papers to be sent to different address from address in record

13.—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies to an application—

(a) under paragraph 3(5)(a) of this Schedule by a person shown as voting by post in the record kept under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 or paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004, or

(b) under paragraph 7(6) of this Schedule by a person shown as voting by post in the record kept under paragraph 7(6) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 or paragraph 7(6) of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004,

for the ballot paper to be sent to a different address from that shown in the record.

(2) The application must set out why the applicant’s circumstances will be or are likely to be such that the applicant requires the ballot paper to be sent to that address.

(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply where an applicant has, or has applied for, an anonymous entry.

Additional requirements: applications for the appointment of a proxy in respect of a particular PCC election

14.—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies to an application for the appointment of a proxy under paragraph 3.

(2) The application must state the full name and address of the person whom the applicant (“P”) wishes to appoint as proxy, together with the person’s family relationship (if any) with P and—

(a) if it is signed only by P, must contain a statement that P has consulted the person so named and that that person is capable of being and willing to be appointed to vote as P’s proxy, or

(b) if it is also signed by the person to be appointed as proxy, must contain a statement that the person is capable of being and willing to be appointed to vote as P’s proxy.

(3) The application must set out why the applicant’s circumstances on the date of the poll for the election in respect of which it is made will be or are likely to be such that the applicant cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at the applicant’s allotted polling station.

(4) Where an application under paragraph 3—

(a) is made on the grounds of the applicant’s disability, and

(b) is made after 5 pm on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the PCC election for which it is made,

the requirements of paragraph 15 apply to the matters to be specified and as to the attestation.

(5) Where an application mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) is made, the person attesting the application must state, in addition to the matters specified in paragraph 15, to the best of the attestor’s knowledge and belief, the date upon which the applicant became disabled.

(6) Where an application under paragraph 3 is made by a person to whom paragraph 1(6) applies after 5pm on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the election for which it is made, the requirements of sub-paragraph (7) apply to the matters to be specified and as to attestation.

(7) Where an application mentioned in sub-paragraph (6) is made—

(a) the application must additionally state the name and address of the hospital at which the applicant is liable to be detained, and

(b) the application must be attested by or on behalf of a manager, within the meaning of section 145(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983(1), of the hospital at which the applicant is liable to be detained, and the attestation must state—

(i) the name of the person attesting the application,

(ii) that the person is authorised to make the attestation,

(iii) the person’s position in the hospital at which the applicant is liable to be detained, and

(iv) the statutory provision under which the applicant is liable to be detained in the hospital.

(8) This paragraph does not apply where an applicant has an anonymous entry.

(9) In this paragraph and in paragraph 15, references to an “allotted polling station”, in relation to an elector, are to the polling station to which the elector is, or is likely to be, allotted under the PCC elections rules.

Additional requirements referred to in paragraph 14(4)

15.—(1) This paragraph applies to an application to vote by proxy which is made in the circumstances set out in paragraph 14(4).

(2) The application must specify the disability by reason of which it is made and must be attested and signed by—

(a) a registered medical practitioner,

(b) a registered nurse,

(c) a registered dentist as defined by section 53(1) of the Dentists Act 1984(2),

(d) a registered dispensing optician or a registered optometrist within the meaning of the Opticians Act 1989(3),

(e) a registered pharmacist as defined in article 3(1) of the Pharmacy Order 2010(4),

(f) a registered osteopath as defined by section 41 of the Osteopaths Act 1993(5),

(g) a registered chiropractor as defined by section 43 of the Chiropractors Act 1994(6),

(h) a Christian Science practitioner,

(i) a person registered as a member of a profession to which the Health Professions Order 2002(7) for the time being extends,

(j) the person carrying on a care home registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000(8) where the applicant states that he or she is resident in that care home,

(k) the warden of premises forming one of a group of premises provided for persons of pensionable age or disabled persons for which there is a resident warden, where the applicant states that he or she is resident in the premises where the warden works,

(l) a manager within the meaning of section 145(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (interpretation), or on behalf of such a manager, or

(m) a person registered in the register for social workers maintained in accordance with section 56 of the Care Standards Act 2000(9).

(3) A person who qualifies—

(a) by virtue of any of paragraphs (a) to (i) of sub-paragraph (2), may not attest an application for these purposes unless—

(i) that person is treating the applicant for the disability specified in the application, or

(ii) the applicant is receiving care from that person in respect of that disability, or

(b) by virtue of paragraph (m) of sub-paragraph (2), may not attest an application for these purposes unless—

(i) that person is treating the applicant for the disability specified in the application,

(ii) the applicant is receiving care from that person in respect of that disability, or

(iii) that person has arranged care or assistance for the applicant in respect of that disability.

(4) The person (“A”) attesting the application must state—

(a) A’s name and address and the qualification by virtue of which A attests the application;

(b) where A is a person referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(a), that—

(i) A is treating the applicant for the disability specified in the application, or

(ii) the applicant is receiving care from A in respect of that disability,

(c) where A is a person referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(b), that—

(i) A is treating the applicant for the disability specified in the application,

(ii) the applicant is receiving care from A in respect of that disability, or

(iii) A has arranged care or assistance for the applicant in respect of that disability,

(d) that, to the best of A’s knowledge and belief, the applicant has the disability specified in the application and that the applicant cannot reasonably be expected to go in person to the allotted polling station or to vote unaided there by reason of that disability, and

(e) that, to the best of A’s knowledge and belief, the disability specified in the application is likely to continue either indefinitely or for a period specified by A.

(5) Where A is a person referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(l), A must (instead of the matters specified in sub-paragraph (4)(a)) state in the attestation—

(a) A’s name,

(b) that A is authorised to attest the application,

(c) A’s position in the hospital at which the applicant is liable to be detained or is receiving treatment, and

(d) if applicable, the statutory provision under which the applicant is detained, or liable to be detained, at the hospital.

(6) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) do not apply where—

(a) the application is based on the applicant’s blindness and the applicant is registered as a blind person by the local authority which is specified in the application under section 29(4)(g) of the National Assistance Act 1948(10), or

(b) the application states that the applicant is in receipt of the higher rate of the mobility component of a disability living allowance (payable under section 73 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992) because of the disability specified in the application.

(7) The fact that an applicant is registered by a local authority under section 29(4)(g) of the National Assistance Act 1948 is sufficient evidence that the applicant is eligible to vote by proxy on the grounds set out in paragraph 3(3)(c).

(1)

1983. c.20. The definition of “managers” was amended by paragraph 24(9) of Schedule 9 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19), section 1 of the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1994 (c.6), paragraph 107(14) of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c.17), Schedule 5 to the Health Act 1999 (c.8), paragraphs 42 and 49 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c.17), paragraphs 50 and 57 of Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c.43), paragraphs 62 and 70(d) of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 and section 46(1)and (3)(b) of the Mental Health Act 2007 (c.12); and by S.I. 2000/90 2002/2469, 2007/961 and 2010/813.

(2)

1984 c.24.

(3)

1989 c.44, as amended by S.I. 2005/848.

(4)

S.I. 2010/231.

(5)

1993 c.21.

(6)

1994 c.17.

(7)

S.I. 2002/254.

(8)

2000 c.14.

(9)

Section 56 has been amended by SI 2007/3101.

(10)

1948 c.29 (R.11&12 Geo 6).