Additional requirements: applications for an emergency proxy signature in respect of a particular petition: England and Wales and ScotlandE+W+S
69.—(1) This regulation sets out the requirements referred to in regulation 68(4).
(2) The application must (in addition to providing the information required by regulation 68(1)) state—
(a)where the applicant is self-employed, that fact; and in any other case, the name of the applicant’s employer;
(b)that the reason provided in accordance with regulation 68(1) relates to the applicant’s occupation, service or employment; and
(c)the date on which the applicant became aware of that reason.
(3) Paragraphs (4) to (6) apply unless the applicant is or will be registered as a service voter.
(4) The application must be attested and signed—
(a)where the applicant is self-employed, by a person who—
(i)is aged 18 years or over;
(ii)knows the applicant; and
(iii)is not related to the applicant;
(b)where the applicant is not self-employed, by the applicant’s employer or by another employee to whom this function is delegated by the employer.
(5) The person (“A”) attesting an application under paragraph (4) must certify that the statements required by paragraph (2) and the information required by regulation 68(1) are true to the best of their knowledge and belief.
(6) A must also state A’s name and address and—
(a)where A is attesting that the applicant is self-employed, that A is aged 18 years or over and that A knows, but is not related to, the applicant, or
(b)where A is attesting as, or on behalf of, the employer of the applicant, that A is the employer, or the position that A holds in the employment of that employer.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 69 in force at 4.3.2016, see reg. 1