The European Parliamentary Elections (Anonymous Registration) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2014

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

3. 2. Amendments of the 2001 Franchise Regulations

4. 3. In regulation 4 (entitlement of relevant citizen of the Union...

5. 4. In regulation 5 (registration officers), in paragraph (3), for “names...

6. 5. In regulation 6 (form of application and declaration required by...

7. 6. In regulation 8 (copies of certain applications and declarations to...

8. 7. In regulation 10 (removal of names from the register)—

9. 8. (1) The Schedule (application with modifications of the 1983 Act...

10. 9. Amendments of the 2004 Regulations

11. 10. In regulation 2 (interpretation)— (a) after the definition of “the...

12. 11. In regulation 7 (manner of voting), after paragraph (6) insert—...

13. 12. In regulation 8 (absent vote at elections for an indefinite...

14. 13. In regulation 9 (absent vote at a particular election and...

15. 14. In regulation 11 (voting as proxy)— (a) after paragraph (1)...

16. 15. In regulation 18 (effect of registers), after paragraph (1) insert—...

17. 16. In regulation 58 (candidate’s right to send election address post...

18. 17. In regulation 80 (presentation and service of European Parliamentary election...

19. 18. Amendments of the European Parliamentary Elections Rules

20. 19. In rule 29 (issue of official poll cards)—

21. 20. In rule 30 (equipment of polling stations), in paragraph (3)(b)...

22. 21. In rule 33 (return of postal ballot papers), after paragraph...

23. 22. In rule 42 (tendered ballot papers: circumstances where available), after...

24. 23. After rule 43 (tendered ballot papers: general provisions), insert— Tendered...

25. 24. In rule 50 (procedure at verification of ballot paper accounts)—...

26. 25. In rule 66 (sealing up of ballot papers), after paragraph...

27. 26. In rule 67 (retention of documents by the Chief Electoral...

28. 27. (1) The Appendix of Forms is amended as follows.

29. 28. Amendments of Schedule 2 to the 2004 Regulations

30. 29. In paragraph 2 (general requirements for applications for an absent...

31. 30. In paragraph 2A (additional requirement for applications for ballot papers...

32. 31. In paragraph 2B (additional requirement for applications for ballot papers...

33. 32. In paragraph 3 (additional requirements for applications for the appointment...

34. 33. In paragraph 7 (additional requirements for applications by proxies to...

35. 34. In paragraph 13 (records and lists kept under regulations 8,...

36. 35. In paragraph 14 (marked register for polling stations), for “name...

37. 36. In paragraph 15 (interpretation of part 2), after the definition...

38. 37. In paragraph 17 (persons entitled to be present at proceedings...

39. 38. In paragraph 18 (agents of candidates who may attend proceedings...

40. 39. In paragraph 20 (notice of issue of postal ballot papers),...

41. 40. In paragraph 21 (procedure on issue of postal ballot paper),...

42. 41. In paragraph 26 (spoilt postal ballot papers), in sub-paragraph (7)—...

43. 42. After paragraph 26, insert— Tendered postal ballot papers: issue and...

44. 43. In paragraph 29 (receipt of covering envelope), the existing text...

45. 44. In paragraph 36 (retention of documents), in sub-paragraph (1)—

46. 45. (1) The Appendix of Forms is amended as follows.

47. 46. Amendments of Schedule 4 to the 2004 Regulations

48. 47. The existing text of paragraph 10 (statement of relevant donations)...

49. 48. In paragraph 11 (donations from permissible donor), in sub-paragraph (c),...

50. 49. Amendments of Schedule 6 to the 2004 Regulations

51. 50. In paragraph 6— (a) in new paragraph (5A) inserted by...

52. 51. After paragraph 12, insert— Rule 43A applies as if after paragraph (10) there were...

53. 52. In paragraph 22, in the form inserted by that paragraph...

54. 53. Amendment of the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004

55. Signature

56. 1. SCHEDULE

       Forms

57. Explanatory Note