(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make consequential changes to the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004 arising out of provisions in the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013, amending provisions which relate to the date relevant to assessing certain grounds for exclusion from voting (regulation 3) and requiring proxies at a European Parliamentary election in Great Britain to be entitled to vote at that election (regulation 4).
The Regulations also make provision for the sending of further notifications to persons whose postal voting statements were rejected at the European Parliamentary election on 22nd May 2014, in addition to those already sent immediately after the election under paragraph 31A of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004, save for those people who are no longer postal voters or where a suspected offence has occurred in relation to the person’s registration or the postal vote (regulation 5).
A full Impact Assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available on www.legislation.gov.uk