The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985

Entitlement to absent vote for an indefinite period under Act of 1983

2.—(1) This paragraph applies to a local elector who—

(a) on the day of the poll for a local election is, or will be, also registered as an elector for the purposes of elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom,

(b) is, in respect of that registration, entitled to an absent vote at those elections for an indefinite period by virtue of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (2) or subsection (4) of section 20 of the Act of 1983,

(c) is included not later than noon on the eleventh day before the day of the poll in the record of absent voters kept by the Chief Electoral Officer as registration officer under section 20(5) of the Act of 1983 or, as the case may be, the record of electors for whom proxies have been appointed kept by that Officer under section 21(8) of that Act, and

in respect of whom that Officer has, before the time mentioned in paragraph (c), received an application in Form 1, requesting that the applicant's entitlement to vote by post or by proxy for an indefinite period at elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom should also have effect for an indefinite period at local elections.

(2) A local elector—

(a) to whom sub-paragraph (1) applies, and

(b) who is entitled to vote by post for an indefinite period at elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom

may, by virtue of this paragraph, vote by post at local elections for as long as he is so entitled to vote at elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom; and the address given in the record under section 20(5) of the Act of 1983 as the address to which a ballot paper is to be sent shall be the address for that purpose at local elections.

(3) A local elector—

(a) to whom sub-paragraph (1) applies, and

(b) who is entitled to vote by proxy for an indefinite period at elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom

may, by virtue of this paragraph, vote by proxy at local elections for as long as he is so entitled to vote at elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom; and the proxy named in the record kept under section 21(8) of the Act of 1983 as the proxy appointed shall be the proxy for the purpose of local elections.

(4) The Chief Electoral Officer shall include the names of those electors who, at a local election, are—

(a) entitled to vote by post under the provisions of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) in the list referred to in rule 24(2) of the local elections rules, and

(b) entitled to vote by proxy under the provisions of sub-paragraphs (1) and (3) in the list referred to in rule 24(1) of the local elections rules.

(5) The Chief Electoral Officer shall notify the applicant if he disallows his application under sub-paragraph (1).