{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-amendment-regulations-2014/regulation-32",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111115695",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-amendment-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/32",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 3 (forms) is amended as follows.\n(2) In the Arrangement of Forms—\n(a) after the entry for Form A insert—\n“Form A1: Elector’s Official Postal Poll Card”; and\n(b) after the entry for Form B insert—\n“Form B1: Proxy’s Official Postal Poll Card”.\n(3) After Form A (elector’s official poll card), insert Form A1 in Schedule 2.\n(4) After Form B (proxy’s official poll card), insert Form B1 in Schedule 2.\n(5) In Form E (proxy paper), in the section headed “Your Right to Vote as Proxy”, after paragraph 4 insert—\n“5 If you have been appointed as a proxy on behalf of an elector who has an anonymous entry in the register, you can only vote by post. If you have not already been granted a postal vote, you should contact the electoral registration officer.”.\n(6) In Form L (declaration of identity)—\n(a) before “Name of witness” insert “*”;\n(b) before “Address of witness” insert “*”, and after that paragraph insert—\n“*(Returning officer to omit where ballot papers sent to an anonymous elector.)”; and\n(c) in the section entitled “Instructions to the voter”, at the end of paragraph 1 insert “If you are an elector with an anonymous entry in the register, or you are the proxy for such a person, the name and address of the witness should not be included. However, you do need to sign this declaration in the presence of a witness and the witness must sign the form.”.\n(7) In Form M (declaration of identity (combined polls))—\n(a) before “Name of witness” insert “*”;\n(b) before “Address of witness” insert “*”, and after that paragraph insert—\n“*(Returning officer to omit where ballot papers sent to an anonymous elector.)”; and\n(c) In the section entitled “Instructions to the voter”, at the end of paragraph 1 insert “If you have an anonymous entry in the register, or you are the proxy for such a person, the witness must not add his or her name and address.”.\n(8) In Form N (statement as to postal ballot papers)—\n(a) after paragraph 10 insert—\n“10A Number of tendered postal ballot papers issued\n10B Number of covering envelopes for tendered postal ballot papers received”; and\n(b) after paragraph 13 insert—\n“14 Number of tendered postal ballot papers marked rejected”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111115695/regulation/32",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}