The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985

Service elector's application to vote by post at a particular election

5.—(1) An elector who

(a) is registered as a local elector by virtue of a service qualification,

(b) is, under sub-paragraphs (1) and (3) of paragraph 2, entitled to vote by proxy at local elections by virtue of being so entitled to vote at elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom,

may, not later than noon on the eleventh day before the day of the poll, apply to the Chief Electoral Officer by means of Form 3 for the purpose of voting by post at a particular local election.

(2) The Chief Electoral Officer shall grant an application under sub-paragraph (1) if—

(a) he is satisfied that the applicant is a person to whom sub-paragraph (1) applies and that he is or will be registered in the register of local electors by virtue of a service qualification,

(b) the applicant has provided an address in the United Kingdom as an address to which his ballot paper is to be sent, and

(c) the application was made in the form and received by the Chief Electoral Officer in the time specified in sub-paragraph (1).

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