The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007

Inquiries by registration officer

11.—(1) The registration officer may, at such times as he thinks fit, make inquiries of a person—

(a) who is shown as voting by proxy in the record kept under article 8(3) in pursuance of an application granted on the grounds set out in article 8(2)(c) or (d); or

(b) who immediately before 11th March 1999(1) was entitled to vote by proxy at parliamentary elections or local government elections or both in pursuance of an application granted on grounds corresponding to those set out in article 8(2)(c) or (d) (disability, blindness, occupation, service or employment),

for the purpose of determining whether there has been a material change of circumstances.

(2) Where the grant of an application for a proxy vote for an indefinite or particular period was based on grounds referred to in article 8(2)(d) (or grounds corresponding to those grounds), the registration officer shall make the inquiries referred to not later than three years after the granting of the application or the last such inquiries as the case may be.

(3) The registration officer may treat the failure by a person of whom inquiries have been made under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) to respond to such inquiries within one month of the date on which they were made as sufficient evidence of a material change in circumstances.

(1)

Proxies at Assembly elections were introduced by The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/450) which came into force on 11th March 1999.