PART 2 England and Wales

Amendment of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001
2. In regulation 53(5) of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (additional requirements for applications for a proxy vote for a definite or indefinite period on grounds of severe sight-impairment or any other disability), for sub-paragraph (b), substitute—

“(b) the application states that the applicant is in receipt of one of the following, because of the disability specified in the application—
(i) the higher rate of the mobility component of a disability living allowance (payable under section 73 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992),
1992 c. 4; section 73 is amended by section 67(3) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), Schedule 1 paragraph 145 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), section 53 of, and Schedule 7 paragraph 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5) and section 14 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24). It is prospectively repealed by section 90 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5) from a date and time to be appointed.
(ii) armed forces independence payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011,
S.I. 2011/517; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/436, 2017/247, 2024/347.
(iii) the enhanced rate of the mobility component of personal independence payment (payable under section 79(2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012),
2012 c. 5.
(iv) the higher rate of the mobility component of disability assistance for children and young people (payable in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018),
2018 asp 9.
(v) the enhanced rate of the mobility component of disability assistance for working age people (payable in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018), or
(vi) the higher rate of the mobility component of a Scottish adult disability living allowance (payable in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018).”.

S.I. 2001/341; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/2910, 2013/388, 2013/591, 2016/211, 2021/1188, 2022/332.