Additional ground for granting absent vote for an indefinite period.
1
In section 6 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (absent vote for an indefinite period at parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom and local government elections in Great Britain)—
a
in subsection (2), after paragraph (a) there is inserted—
aa
if he is no longer resident at his qualifying address or at any other address in the same area,
, and
b
after that subsection there is inserted—
2A
For the purposes of subsection (2)(aa) above, two addresses are in the same area only if—
a
both addresses are in the same parliamentary constituency in Greater London or in the same parliamentary constituency in a metropolitan county in England,
b
both addresses are in the same electoral division of a non-metropolitan county in England and, if either address is in a parish, both are in the same parish,
c
both addresses are in the same electoral division of a county in Wales and in the same community,
d
both addresses are in the same electoral division in Scotland, or
e
both addresses are in the same ward in Northern Ireland.
.
Act repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 7 Pt. I; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (with saving in art. 2(4))
S. 1 wholly in force: (G.B.) at 10.6.1991. See s. 2(2) and S.I. 1991/1244, art. 2; (N.I.) at 7.8.1991 see s. 2(2) and S.I. 1991/1686, art. 2
1985 c. 50.