SCHEDULE 3

PART 1Amendments to secondary legislation referencing primary legislation repealed by the 2014 Act

National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 200780

1

Schedule 1 (absent voting at assembly elections) is amended as follows.

2

For paragraph 4(5)(a) (additional requirements for applications on grounds of blindness or other disability) substitute the following—

a

the application is based on the applicant’s severe sight-impairment and the applicant is registered, in a register kept under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, as a severely sight-impaired person, by the local authority which is specified in the application; or

3

For paragraph 4(7) substitute the following—

7

The fact that an applicant is registered as severely sight-impaired by a local authority in Wales in a register kept under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 shall be deemed sufficient evidence that the applicant is eligible for an absent vote on the grounds set out in article 8(2)(c).

4

In the heading to paragraph 4 for “blindness” substitute “severe sight-impairment”.

5

In paragraph 11(1)(b) for “blindness” substitute “severe sight-impairment”.