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The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1

    1. 1.Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

  3. PART 2 Registration

    1. 2.Amendment to interpretation regulation

    2. 3.Repeal of offence of giving false information to registration officer

    3. 4.Amendment in relation to evidence as to age and nationality

    4. 5.Reminders to persons who have an anonymous entry

    5. 6.Amendments to procedure for applications for registration

    6. 7.Amendments to procedure for making objections to registration

    7. 8.Applications for registration accompanied by applications for anonymous entry not available for public inspection

    8. 9.Amendments to procedure for determining applications for registration and objections without a hearing

    9. 10.Objections relating to applications that have been allowed, but before alterations to register have taken effect

    10. 11.Procedure for other determinations by registration officer of entitlement to registration

    11. 12.Anonymous registration: procedure

    12. 13.Amendment to registration appeals

    13. 14.Revocation of circumstances prescribed under section 10A(5)(b) of the 1983 Act

    14. 15.Anonymous entries

    15. 16.Amendments to references to names

    16. 17.Information about register: anonymous entries

    17. 18.Record of anonymous entries and certificates of anonymous entry

    18. 19.Anonymous registration: amendments to regulation 51B

    19. 20.Anonymous registration: amendment to additional requirements for applications for proxy vote in respect of a particular election

    20. 21.Anonymous registration: amendments to procedure on issue of postal ballot papers

    21. 22.Anonymous registration: amendments relating to list of spoilt postal ballot papers and list of lost postal ballot papers

    22. 23.Anonymous registration: amendment relating to edited version of the register

  4. PART 3

    1. 24.Representations regarding clerical errors

    2. 25.Amendment of regulation 36

    3. 26.Communication of notices made on polling day

    4. 27.Amendment of regulation 92

    5. 28.Amendment of regulations 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 109A, 111 and 112

  5. PART 4

    1. 29.Forms of Corresponding Number List

    2. 30.Replacement of counterfoils by corresponding number lists

  6. PART 5

    1. 31.Absent voting: interpretation

    2. 32.Amendment of regulation 51

    3. 33.Signatures

    4. 34.Requirement to provide fresh signatures at five yearly intervals

    5. 35.The personal identifiers record

    6. 36.Postal ballot boxes and receptacles

    7. 37.Amendment of regulation 84

    8. 38.Amendment of regulation 85

    9. 39.Procedure in relation to postal voting statements: personal identifier verification

    10. 40.Sealing of receptacles

    11. 41.Form K

  7. PART 6

    1. 42.Persons who may attest applications for a proxy vote

    2. 43.Additional requirements for certain proxy applications for a particular election

    3. 44.Closing date for applications

  8. PART 7

    1. 45.Cancellation of postal ballot papers

  9. PART 8

    1. 46.Prescribed forms of official postal poll card sent to the elector or their proxy

    2. 47.Insertion of new official and official postal poll cards into Schedule 3

  10. PART 9

    1. 48.Interpretation of Part 5

    2. 49.Proxy postal voters list

    3. 50.Amendments to procedure for security of special lists

    4. 51.Amendment to procedure for the opening of covering envelopes

    5. 52.Confirmation of receipt of postal voting statement

    6. 53.Amendments to requirements for the forwarding of ballot papers

  11. PART 10 Access to Absent Voter Lists

    1. 54.Supply and disclosure of absent voter lists

    2. 55.Records and lists kept under Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000

    3. 56.Conditions on the use, supply and inspection of absent voter records or lists

  12. PART 11 Control of Documents Following an Election

    1. 57.Processing of information outside the EEA

    2. 58.Offences in respect of contravention of Part 3, Part 4 and Part 6

    3. 59.Control of documents: supply of the marked register or lists

  13. PART 12 Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provision

    1. 60.Maundy Thursday

    2. 61.Additional requirement for postal vote applications

    3. 62.Amendments relating to requirement to make notification to absent voters

    4. 63.Persons entitled to be present at proceedings on issue and receipt of postal ballot papers: observers

    5. 64.Amendment to regulation 74

    6. 65.Replacement of declarations of identity by postal voting statements

    7. 66.Form of Postal Voting Statement

    8. 67.Transitional provision: regulation 31J

  14. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Enabling Powers

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Forms

  15. Explanatory Note

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