The National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Referendum Question, Date of Referendum Etc.) Order 2010

Grant or refusal of applications

12.—(1) Where the registration officer grants an application to vote by post the registration officer must notify the applicant of the decision.

(2) Where the registration officer grants an application for the appointment of a proxy, the registration officer must confirm in writing to the elector that the proxy has been appointed, the proxy’s name and address and the duration of the appointment.

(3) Where the registration officer refuses an application for an absent vote the registration officer must notify the applicant of the decision and the reason for it.

(4) Where the registration officer grants an application made under—

(a) paragraph 3(5); or

(b) paragraph 6(6),

the registration officer must notify the applicant of this.

(5) Where the appointment of a proxy is cancelled by the elector or otherwise ceases to be in force, the registration officer must, where practicable notify the elector that the appointment has been cancelled or, as the case may be, notify the elector that the appointment has ceased and the reason for it.

(6) Where under paragraph 11 the registration officer refuses or disregards an application for the purposes of the referendum, the registration officer must notify the applicant of this.

(7) If, for the purposes of the referendum, the registration officer is not also the counting officer for any voting area that is the same as or falls wholly or partly within the registration officer’s area, the registration officer must send to the counting officer for that voting area details of any application to vote by post which the registration officer has granted as soon as practicable after doing so.