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12.—(1) In regulation 19 of the Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016 (equipment at petition signing place)(1)—
(a)for paragraph (4)(b) substitute—
“(b)such equipment as it is reasonable to provide for the purposes of enabling, or making it easier for, relevant persons to sign the signing sheet independently in the manner directed by regulation 27 (signing procedure: England and Wales and Scotland) or regulation 28 (signing procedure: Northern Ireland); and for this purpose “relevant persons” means persons who find it difficult or impossible to sign the signing sheet because of—
(i)blindness or partial sight, or
(ii)another disability.”;
(b)after paragraph (4) insert—
“(4A) Paragraph (10) of rule 29 of Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (Parliamentary elections rules: guidance to returning officers) applies for the purposes of paragraph (4)(b) of this regulation as it applies for the purposes of that rule, but as if—
(a)the reference in that paragraph to the returning officer were a reference to the petition officer, and
(b)the reference in that paragraph to paragraph (3A)(b) were a reference to paragraph (4)(b) of this regulation.”.
S.I. 2016/295, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
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