Article 3 Amendment of the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985

(1)

Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Part 1 (voting by post, by proxy and by post as proxy), in the Appendix^f2, replace form 1 (Proxy paper) with the form in Schedule 11 to this Order.

(3)

In Part 3 (issue and receipt of postal ballot papers), in paragraph 17A (procedure in relation to declarations of identity)^f3—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(a) omit the words “and given his name and address”; and

(b)

after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)
A person must not sign the declaration as a witness under paragraph (1)(a) unless he is—

(a)
aged 18 years or over; and

(b)
satisfied to the best of his knowledge and belief as to the identity of the voter.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1985/454.
f2: The Appendix to Part 1 of Schedule 2 was substituted by S.I. 1987/168 and amended by S.I. 2005/1969; S.I. 2010/2977 (including re-numbering the forms); and S.I. 2014/1116.
f3: Paragraph 17A was inserted by S.I. 2002/2835 and amended by S.I. 2010/2977.