Regulation 25 Questions to be put to persons signing the petition
At the time a person applies for a signing sheet (but not afterwards), the questions specified in the second column of the following table may be put by the petition clerk to a person who is mentioned in the first column (subject to paragraph (3)).
Table
| Person applying for signing sheet | Questions |
|---|---|
| 1. A person applying as an elector | (a) “Are you the person registered in the register for this petition as follows (read out the whole entry from the register)?” (b) “Have you already signed the petition, here or elsewhere, otherwise than as a proxy for some other person?” (c) At a petition held in Northern Ireland, “What is your date of birth?” |
| 2. A person applying as a proxy | (a) “Are you the person whose name appears as A.B. in the list of proxies for this petition?” (b) “Have you already signed the petition here or elsewhere, as a proxy on behalf of C.D.?” (c) “Are you the spouse, civil partner, parent, grandparent, brother/sister, child or grandchild of C.D.?” |
| 3. A person applying as a proxy for an elector with an anonymous entry (instead of the questions at entry 2) | (a) “Are you the person entitled to sign as proxy on behalf of the elector whose number in the register is (read out the number from the register)?” (b) “Have you already signed the petition, here or elsewhere, as proxy on behalf of the elector whose number in the register is (read out number from the register)?” (c) “Are you the spouse, civil partner, parent, grandparent, brother/sister, child or grandchild of the person whose number in the register is (read out the number from the register)?” |
| 4. Person applying as proxy if the question at entry 2(c) or 3(c) is not answered in the affirmative | “Have you already signed the petition in this constituency on behalf of two persons of whom you are not the spouse, civil partner, parent, grandparent, brother/sister, child or grandchild?” |
| 5. A person applying as an elector in relation to whom there is an entry in the postal signers list | (a) “Did you apply to sign the petition by post?” (b) “Why have you not signed the petition by post?” |
| 6. A person applying as proxy who is named in the proxy postal signers list | (a) “Did you apply to sign the petition by post as proxy?” (b) “Why have you not signed the petition by post as proxy?” |
In the case of an elector in respect of whom a notice has been issued under section 13BC(6) of the 1983 Act (alteration of registers: recall petition), the references in the questions at entries 1(a) and 3(a) to (c) to reading from the register must be taken as references to reading from that notice.
In the case of an anonymous elector in Northern Ireland, the questions at entry 3 do not apply.
A signing sheet must not be delivered to any person required to answer a question under paragraph (1) unless that person has answered that question to the satisfaction of the petition clerk.
Except as authorised by this regulation, no inquiry is to be permitted as to the right of any person to sign the petition.