The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010 No. 2977

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Amendments to the 1985 Order

Part 2 U.K. Amendments to Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Absent voting – voting by post, by proxy and by post as proxy)

12.—(1) Paragraph 12 (grant or refusal of applications) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) After sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) Where the Chief Electoral Officer grants an application for the appointment of a proxy, he shall confirm in writing to the elector that the proxy has been appointed, his name and address, and the duration of the appointment.

(1B) The proxy paper to be issued by the Chief Electoral Officer on the appointment of a proxy shall be in the form in the Appendix or a form to the like effect.”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (2) after “decision” insert “ and, in the case of an application under paragraphs 1(1) or 4(4), of the reasons for it, ”.