5Disabled voters

(1)In Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (parliamentary elections rules), rule 39 (voting by persons with disabilities) is amended as follows.

(2)In paragraph (2), for “If” there is substituted “Subject to paragraph (2A) below, if”.

(3)After paragraph (2) there is inserted—

(2A)Paragraphs (1A) to (1G) of rule 37 shall apply in the case of a voter who applies under paragraph (1) above as they apply in the case of a voter who applies under rule 37(1), but reading references to delivering a ballot paper to a voter as references to granting a voter’s application..