# The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, Paragraph 30: Poll card forms for certain referendum


(1) The amendments made by regulation 18(4) and (8) do not apply in respect of an ongoing referendum.
(2) The following apply in respect of a relevant referendum subject to the modification in sub-paragraph (3)—
(a) form 7 (official poll card (to be sent to a voter voting in person)) and form 9 (official proxy poll card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person)) in Schedule 3 to the 2012 Regulations;
(b) form 8 (official poll card (to be sent to a voter voting in person)) and form 10 (official proxy poll card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person)) in Schedule 5 to the 2012 Regulations.
(3) The form applies as if, on the front of the form, before the text that begins “vote as a proxy at this referendum” there were inserted “(in the case of a proxy appointed before 31st October 2023)”.
(4) The following apply in respect of a relevant referendum subject to the modification in sub-paragraph (5)—
(a) form 8 (official postal poll card (to be sent to a voter voting by post)) and form 10 (official proxy postal poll card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting by post) in Schedule 3 to the 2012 Regulations;
(b) form 9 (official postal poll card (to be sent to a voter voting by post)) and form 11 (official proxy postal poll card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting by post) in Schedule 5 to the 2012 Regulations;.
(5) The form applies as if, on the back of the form, before the text that begins “vote as a proxy at the same referendum” there were inserted “(in the case of a proxy appointed before 31st October 2023)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348249682/schedule/2/paragraph/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-postal-and-proxy-voting-etc-amendment-regulations-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-30
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