SCHEDULE 2U.K.Transitional provisions and savings

PART 9U.K.Recall petitions

Limitation of certain pre-commencement postal signing entitlements U.K.

33.—(1) This paragraph applies where, immediately before 31st October 2023, a person—

(a)has a relevant postal vote entitlement lasting for—

(i)an indefinite period, or

(ii)a period that would expire after 31st January 2026, and

(b)is registered as an elector otherwise than in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration.

(2) A “relevant postal signing entitlement” means an entitlement to sign by post at recall petitions in England, Wales or Scotland resulting from the grant of an application under regulation 51(1) or (7) or 58(5) of the 2016 Regulations.

(3) The person’s relevant signing entitlement ends on 31st January 2026 (unless it ends sooner).

(4) As soon as practicable after 31st October 2023, the registration officer must alter the record kept under regulation 51(4) or 58(7) of the 2016 Regulations (as the case may be) to reflect any change resulting from sub-paragraph (3) in the period for which the person’s relevant postal signing entitlement lasts.

(5) The registration officer must, before 31st January 2026, send the person—

(a)a notice informing the person of the date on which the person’s relevant postal signing entitlement is to end, and

(b)information about how to make a fresh application to sign recall petitions by post (as elector or, as the case may be, as proxy).

(6) In this paragraph, “overseas elector’s declaration” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1) of the 2016 Regulations.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 33 in force at 31.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)