Regulation 15 Amendment of rule 37(1E) of the elections rules

Rule 37(1E) of the elections rules^f1 is amended as follows—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (a) omit “current”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (b) omit “current”;

(c)

in sub-paragraph (h) for “a current” substitute “an”;

(d)

at the end of paragraph (1E) omit “Article 12 of”;

(e)

after sub-paragraph (i) insert—

“(j)
a Blind Person’s SmartPass, issued under the Northern Ireland Concessionary Fares Scheme for use from 1st May 2002;

(k)
a War Disabled SmartPass, issued under the Northern Ireland Concessionary Fares Scheme for use from 1st May 2002.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Rule 37 of the elections rules was substituted for England, Wales and Scotland by section 47 of, and paragraph 75 of Schedule 1 to, the Electoral Administration Act 2006. However, this substitution did not extend to Northern Ireland (see paragraph 75(2) of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act). Paragraphs (1A) to (1G) were inserted for Northern Ireland by section 1 of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 (c.2). Sub-paragraph (IE)(a) was substituted, and sub-paragraphs (1E)(c) to (g) were repealed, by S.I.2003/1156. Sub-paragraphs (1E)(f) and (g) were substituted for Northern Ireland by regulation 14 of S.I.2001/400. Sub-paragraph (1E)(h) was inserted in relation to Northern Ireland by section 4 of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c.13). Sub-paragraph (1E)(i) was inserted in relation to Northern Ireland by S.I.2002/1873. In paragraph (1E) from the words “in sub-paragraph (a)” to “being in force” were substituted by S.I.2003/1156.