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35.—(1) This paragraph applies where—
(a)a proxy appointment is in force immediately before 31st January 2024 as the result of an application made before 31st October 2023, and
(b)the appointment has effect immediately before 31st January 2024 in relation to recall petitions or a particular recall petition.
(2) On 31st January 2024, the proxy appointment ceases to have effect as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b).
(3) The registration officer must, before 31st January 2024, send the person who is entitled to sign by proxy by means of the proxy appointment—
(a)a notice informing the person that the appointment ceases to have effect as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) on 31st January 2024, and
(b)information about how to make a fresh application to sign by proxy.
(4) As soon as practicable after 31st January 2024, the registration officer must alter the relevant absent signing records as necessary to reflect the change to the proxy appointment resulting from sub-paragraph (2).
(5) In sub-paragraph (4), “the relevant absent signing records” means the records kept under regulations 51(4), 52(5), 55, 56 and 59 of the 2016 Regulations.
(6) In this paragraph, “proxy appointment” means an appointment resulting from an application under regulation 51(2) or (6) or 52(1) or (7) of the 2016 Regulations.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 35 in force at 31.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)
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