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The Elections Act 2022 (Commencement No. 9, Transitional and Savings Provisions and Appointed and Specified Days) and Ballot Secrecy Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2023

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Provisions coming into force on 31st October 2023

2.  The following provisions of EA 2022 come into force on 31st October 2023—

(a)section 3 (restriction of period for which person can apply for postal vote);

(b)section 6 (limit on number of electors for whom a proxy can vote), so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by paragraph (f);

(c)section 12 (local elections and Assembly elections in Northern Ireland), so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by paragraph (g);

(d)section 15 (voting and candidacy rights of EU citizens), so far as it relates to the provision brought into force by paragraph (h);

(e)Schedule 3 (restriction of period for which person can apply for postal vote);

(f)in Schedule 4 (proxy voting: limits and transitional provision)—

(i)paragraph 1, so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraphs (ii) and (iii);

(ii)in paragraph 2, sub-paragraph (1), so far as it relates to sub-paragraph (2), and sub-paragraph (2);

(iii)paragraph 3;

(iv)in paragraph 6, sub-paragraph (1), so far as it relates to sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (5), and those sub-paragraphs;

(v)paragraphs 8 to 11;

(g)in Schedule 6 (local elections in Northern Ireland and elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly)—

(i)paragraph 1, so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraphs (ii) and (iii);

(ii)paragraph 23, so far as it relates to the provision brought into force by sub-paragraph (iii);

(iii)in paragraph 26, sub-paragraph (1), so far as it relates to sub-paragraph (2), and sub-paragraph (2);

(iv)in paragraph 28, sub-paragraph (1), so far as it relates to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), and those sub-paragraphs;

(v)paragraph 29;

(vi)paragraphs 32 and 33;

(vii)paragraph 35, so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraph (viii);

(viii)paragraphs 36 and 45;

(ix)paragraphs 47 and 48;

(h)in Schedule 8 (voting and candidacy rights of EU citizens), paragraph 13.

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