# The Care Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Order 2015, Paragraph 16: Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001


In regulation 53 of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (additional requirements for applications for a proxy vote for a definite or indefinite period on grounds of blindness or any other disability)—
(a) in paragraph (5)(a), for the words from “as a blind person” to the end, substitute—
“by the local authority which is specified in the application as—
(i) a blind person under section 29(4)(g) of the National Assistance Act 1948; or
(ii) a person who is severely sight-impaired under section 77(1) of the Care Act 2014 (registers of sight-impaired adults); or”;
(b) in paragraph (6), after “section 29(4)(g) of the National Assistance Act 1948”, insert “or registered as severely sight-impaired by a local authority under section 77(1) of the Care Act 2014 (registers of sight-impaired adults)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/643/schedule/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-act-2014-consequential-amendments-secondary-legislation-order-2015/schedule/paragraph-16
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