Paragraph 113 Provision of information regarding proxies

the following paragraph were treated as substituted for paragraph (1)—

“(1)

A registration officer in Great Britain may require a registration officer in Great Britain or Northern Ireland to provide information as soon as reasonably practicable about—

(a)

whether the person, whom an elector wishes to be appointed as their proxy under paragraph 6(7) or (8) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000, has or will have an entry in a relevant register maintained by that officer under section 9(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983; or

(b)

whether the person, whom the principal wishes to be appointed as their proxy under regulation 64 of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016, has or will have an entry in a relevant register maintained by that officer.”, and

the following paragraphs were treated as substituted for paragraph (2)—

“(2)

In paragraph (1)(a) “relevant register” means a register which relates to elections of the same kind as those to which the proxy appointment relates.

(3)

In paragraph (1)(b) “relevant register” means—

(a)

a register of parliamentary electors, or

(b)

in relation to a peer —

(i)

a register of local government electors in Great Britain, or

(ii)

a register of local electors in Northern Ireland, or

(iii)

a register of peers maintained under section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (peers resident outside the United Kingdom).”