The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016 No. 211 (W. 84)

SCHEDULE 3

PART 1 Amendments to secondary legislation referencing primary legislation repealed by the 2014 Act

Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001

36.—(1) Regulation 53 (additional requirement for applications for a proxy vote for a definite or indefinite period on grounds of blindness or any other disability) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (5)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “blindness” substitute “severe sight-impairment”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (a)(i) substitute the following—

“(i) a severely sight-impaired person in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014; or”.

(3) In paragraph (6)—

(a) omit the words from “with a local authority” to “or registered”;

(b) after “(registers of sight-impaired adults)” insert “or in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”.