Schedule 1Transitional and savings provisions
Part 3Parish councillor elections
Interpretation of Part 3 I1I19
In this Part—
“election conduct rules” means the rules set out in Schedules 2 and 3 to the Parish Rules (as the case may be);
“ongoing parish councillor election” means a relevant parish councillor election where the date of poll as specified in the notice of election is on or after 31st January 2024;
“relevant parish councillor election” means an election of councillors of a parish where the notice of election published in accordance with the relevant rule is published on or before 30th January 2024.
Questions for proxies at certain parish councillor elections I3I2I210
1
The amendments made by regulation 4(8) and (16) do not apply in respect of an ongoing parish councillor election.
2I2
Rule 33 of the election conduct rules applies in respect of an ongoing parish councillor election as if—
a
in the table after paragraph (1)—
i
in entry 2 (proxies), in the column headed “Question”—
aa
after question (b) there were inserted—
ba
“Were you appointed as proxy on behalf of C.D. before 31st October 2023?” [R]
bb
in question (c), at the beginning there were inserted “If the person answers question (ba) in the affirmative:”;
ii
in entry 3 (proxy for an elector with an anonymous entry), in the column headed “Question”—
aa
after question (b) there were inserted—
ba
“Were you appointed as proxy on behalf of the person whose number on the register of electors is (read out the number) before 31st October 2023?” [R]
bb
in question (c), at the beginning there were inserted “If the person answers question (ba) in the affirmative:”;
b
in paragraph (2), after “3(a), (b)” there were inserted “, (ba)”
.
Poll card forms for certain parish councillor elections I5I4I411
1
The amendments made by regulation 4(9)(c) and (d) and (17)(c) and (d) do not apply in respect of an ongoing parish councillor election.
2I4
The form of the official poll card (to be sent to an elector voting in person) and the form of the official proxy poll card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person) in the election conduct rules apply in respect of an ongoing parish councillor election as if, on the front of the form, before the text that begins “vote as a proxy at this election” there were inserted “(in the case of a proxy appointed before 31st October 2023)”
.
3I4
The form of the official postal poll card (to be sent to an elector voting by post) and the form of the official proxy postal poll card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting by post) in the election conduct rules apply in respect of a relevant parish councillor election as if on the back of the form, before the text that begins “vote as a proxy at this election” there were inserted “(in the case of a proxy appointed before 31st October 2023)”
.
F14
Sub-paragraph (5) applies to an election of councillors of a principal area for which—
a
the notice of election is published in accordance with the relevant rule on or after 31st January 2024, and
b
the date of poll stated in that notice is on or before 1st May 2024.
5
The form of the official postal poll card (to be sent to an elector voting by post) and the form of the official proxy postal poll card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting by post) in the election conduct rules apply in respect of an election to which this sub-paragraph applies as if, on the back of the form, for the text that begins “vote as a proxy at this election” and ends with “grandchild” there were substituted—
(in the case of a proxy appointed on or after 31st October 2023) vote as a proxy on behalf of more than four electors, of which no more than two may be on behalf of other domestic electors (a domestic elector is one who is not an overseas or service elector)