SCHEDULE 1Amendments to the 1962 Act

Part 2Amendments to Part 9 (Questioning of elections) and Part 10 (Electoral misdemeanours)

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In section 112 M1 (incapacities resulting from convictions for corrupt or illegal practices), for subsection (1A) substitute—

1A

The incapacity imposed by subsection (1)(a)(i) applies only to a person convicted of—

a

a corrupt practice under paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 (personation);

b

a corrupt practice under paragraph 4A of Schedule 9 (offences relating to applications for postal or proxy votes); or

c

an illegal practice under paragraph 12A of Schedule 9 (other voting offences).