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PART 4ABSENT SIGNERS

CHAPTER 2Applications for Absent Signing

Additional requirements for applications for signing sheets to be sent to different addresses from that shown in the record kept by the registration officer

62.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), this regulation applies in respect of applications under—

(a)regulation 53(4)(a) by a person shown as signing the petition by post in the record kept under regulation 51(4), or shown as voting by post in the record kept under paragraph 3(4) or 7(6) of Schedule 4;

(b)regulation 54(4)(a) by a person shown as signing the petition by post in the record kept under regulation 52(5), or shown as voting by post in the record kept under section 6(3) or section 9(6) of the 1985 Act;

(c)regulation 58(8) by a person shown as signing the petition by post in the record kept under regulation 58(7).

(2) For the applicant’s postal signing sheet to be sent to a different address from that shown in the records the application must set out why the applicant’s circumstances will be, or are likely to be, such that the applicant requires the postal signing sheet to be sent to that address.

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