The Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) Regulations 2024

These Regulations may be cited as the Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) Regulations 2024, and come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made.

This regulation and regulations 2 and 10 extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

Regulation 4 extends to Scotland only.

The remainder of these Regulations extend to England and Wales only.

An amendment made by these Regulations does not apply to a relevant election, petition or referendum in respect of which the qualifying date is before 1st May 2025.

In paragraph (5), “qualifying date”—

In this regulation—

• “combined authority mayoral election” means an election of a mayor for a combined authority in accordance with Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

• “combined county authority mayoral election” means an election for a mayor for a combined county authority in accordance with Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;

• “local authority mayoral election” means an election in England for the return of an elected mayor as defined by section 9H(1) of the Local Government Act 2000^f11;

• “PCC election” means an election of a police and crime commissioner under Chapter 6 of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011^f12;

• “recall petition” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Recall of MPs Act 2015;

• “relevant election, petition or referendum” means—

  1. (a)

     a parliamentary election, or a recall petition, in England, Wales or Scotland;

  2. (b)

     a PCC election;

  3. (c)

     a combined authority mayoral election;

  4. (d)

     a combined county authority mayoral election;

  5. (e)

     a local authority mayoral election;

  6. (f)

     a referendum under—

     1. (i)

        Schedule 4B to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990,

     2. (ii)

        Chapter 4ZA of Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, or

     3. (iii)

        Part 1A of the Local Government Act 2000.

Rule 37 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (voting procedure and voter identification requirements: Great Britain) is amended as follows.

In paragraph (1H)—

In paragraph (1J), in the table, omit the entry for passes funded by the Scottish Government.

in Schedule 1 (mayoral elections rules), in the Appendix of Forms, for Form 8A (elector’s official poll card for use at mayoral elections in England) and Form 10A (official proxy poll card for use at mayoral elections in England) substitute the corresponding forms in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations;

in Schedule 3 (mayoral election combination of poll rules), in the Appendix of Forms, for Form 8A (elector’s official poll card for use at mayoral elections in England) and Form 10A (official proxy poll card for use at mayoral elections in England) substitute the corresponding forms in Part 2 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

in Schedule 3 (local government act referendums rules), in Part 8 (appendix of forms), for the form of the Official Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting in person) and the form of the Official Proxy Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person) substitute the corresponding forms in Part 1 of Schedule 4 to these Regulations;

in Schedule 5 (local government act referendums combination of polls rules), in Part 8 (appendix of forms), for the form of the Official Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting in person) and the form of the Official Proxy Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person) substitute the corresponding forms in Part 2 of Schedule 4 to these Regulations.

in Schedule 3 (local government finance act referendums rules), in Part 8 (appendix of forms), for the form of the Official Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting in person) and the form of the Official Proxy Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person) substitute the corresponding forms in Part 1 of Schedule 5 to these Regulations;

in Schedule 5 (local government finance act referendums combination of polls rules), in Part 8 (appendix of forms), for the form of the Official Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting in person) and the form of the Official Proxy Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person) substitute the corresponding forms in Part 2 of Schedule 5 to these Regulations.

in Schedule 3 (neighbourhood planning referendums rules), in Part 8 (appendix of forms), for 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) substitute the corresponding forms in Part 1 of Schedule 7 to these Regulations;

in Schedule 5 (neighbourhood planning referendums combination of polls rules), in Part 8 (appendix of forms), for 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) substitute the corresponding forms in Part 2 of Schedule 7 to these Regulations.

in Schedule 1 (mayoral elections rules), in Part 9 (appendix of forms), for Form 8 (elector’s official poll card) and Form 10 (official proxy poll card) substitute the corresponding forms in Part 1 of Schedule 9 to these Regulations;

in Schedule 3 (mayoral election combination of polls rules), in Part 9 (appendix of forms), for Form 8 (elector’s official poll card) and Form 10 (official proxy poll card) substitute the corresponding forms in Part 2 of Schedule 9 to these Regulations.