Explanatory note

Schedules 1 and 2 to the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 apply certain provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) and the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1741) to elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The forms for use at parliamentary elections are amended by the Parliamentary Elections (Forms) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015. Articles 2 and 3 of this Order amend Schedules 1 and 2 to apply those amended provisions to Assembly elections, with appropriate changes.

The forms which have been changed for Assembly elections (whether by modification or substitution of parliamentary forms) are the forms relating to ballot papers, directions as to printing the ballot paper, declarations to be made by the companion of a voter with disabilities, poll cards, postal poll cards, proxy poll cards, proxy postal poll cards, guidance for voters, proxy papers, certificates of employment, declarations of identity, and declarations of identity at combined polls.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.