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

Removal from absent voting records

4.—(1) Where the registration officer determines that there has been a refusal or failure to provide the required personal identifiers, he shall forthwith remove the entry relating to the absent voter or the postal proxy (as the case may be) from his records and special lists kept under articles 10(2), (3) and 12(8).

(2) Paragraph 8(4), (6) and (7) of Schedule 1 shall apply upon the removal of an absent elector from the absent voting records as if the registration officer had refused an application by an elector to vote by post.

(3) The registration officer shall include in the written notice to be sent to the elector, to any person appointed as his proxy and to any postal proxy regarding his removal from the absent voting records, information—

(a) explaining the effect of removal from the absent voting records;

(b) reminding the elector that he may make a fresh application under article 8, 9 or 11 to vote by post or proxy;

(c) reminding a person who was a postal proxy that he may make a fresh application under article 12 to act as postal proxy; and

(d) informing the elector or the proxy, where appropriate, of the location of the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to him under rule 34 of Schedule 5.