SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Amendments
Part 7Miscellaneous
The Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2)
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1
Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (absent voting in Great Britain) is amended as follows.138
2
In paragraph 1(1) omit the definition of “absent voters list”.
3
In paragraph 2—
a
in sub-paragraph (7), for the words from “if he is shown” to “as so entitled” substitute “
if sub-paragraph (8) or (9)
(as the case may be) applies to him in relation to the election
”
;
b
after sub-paragraph (7) insert—
8
This sub-paragraph applies to a person who is shown in the postal voters list mentioned in paragraph 5(2) below as entitled to vote by post at an election.
9
This sub-paragraph applies to a person who is shown in the list of proxies mentioned in paragraph 5(3) below as entitled to vote by proxy at an election.
4
In paragraph 3(3)(b) after “by reason of” insert “
blindness or other disability or, in the case of local government elections in Scotland, by reason of
”
.
5
In paragraph 5(1) for “a special list (“the absent voters list”) consisting of the two” substitute “
the two special
”
.
6
In paragraph 5(2) after “list” insert “
(“the postal voters list”)
”
.
7
In paragraph 7(8) after “list” insert “
(“the proxy postal voters list”)
”
.