# The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, Regulation 32: Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008


(1) Schedule 3 (forms) is amended as follows.
(2) In the Arrangement of Forms—
(a) after the entry for Form A insert—
“Form A1: Elector’s Official Postal Poll Card”; and
(b) after the entry for Form B insert—
“Form B1: Proxy’s Official Postal Poll Card”.
(3) After Form A (elector’s official poll card), insert Form A1 in Schedule 2.
(4) After Form B (proxy’s official poll card), insert Form B1 in Schedule 2.
(5) In Form E (proxy paper), in the section headed “Your Right to Vote as Proxy”, after paragraph 4 insert—
“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.”.
(6) In Form L (declaration of identity)—
(a) before “Name of witness” insert “*”;
(b) before “Address of witness” insert “*”, and after that paragraph insert—
“*(Returning officer to omit where ballot papers sent to an anonymous elector.)”; and
(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.”.
(7) In Form M (declaration of identity (combined polls))—
(a) before “Name of witness” insert “*”;
(b) before “Address of witness” insert “*”, and after that paragraph insert—
“*(Returning officer to omit where ballot papers sent to an anonymous elector.)”; and
(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.”.
(8) In Form N (statement as to postal ballot papers)—
(a) after paragraph 10 insert—
“10A Number of tendered postal ballot papers issued
10B Number of covering envelopes for tendered postal ballot papers received”; and
(b) after paragraph 13 insert—
“14 Number of tendered postal ballot papers marked rejected”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111115695/regulation/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-amendment-regulations-2014/regulation-32
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