SCHEDULE 3

PART 1Amendments to secondary legislation referencing primary legislation repealed by the 2014 Act

Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001I136

1

Regulation 53 (additional requirement for applications for a proxy vote for a definite or indefinite period on grounds of blindness or any other disability) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (5)—

a

in sub-paragraph (a) for “blindness” substitute “severe sight-impairment”;

b

for sub-paragraph (a)(i) substitute the following—

i

a severely sight-impaired person in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014; or

3

In paragraph (6)—

a

omit the words from “with a local authority” to “or registered”;

b

after “(registers of sight-impaired adults)” insert “or in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”.