# Elections Act 2022, Paragraph 6: Representation of the People Act 1985

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (proxies at parliamentary elections in Northern Ireland) is amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (2) insert—
“(2A) A person is not capable of being appointed to vote, or voting, as proxy at a parliamentary election unless the person is or will be registered in a register of parliamentary electors in Great Britain or Northern Ireland.”
(3) In subsection (3)—
(a) omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (a);
(b) omit paragraph (b).
(4) For subsection (5) substitute—
“(5) A person—
(a) is not entitled to vote as proxy at a parliamentary election on behalf of more than two electors who do not fall within subsection (5A), but
(b) subject to paragraph (a), is entitled to vote as proxy at a parliamentary election on behalf of up to four electors.
(5A) An elector falls within this subsection if the elector is registered in a register of parliamentary electors in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration or a service declaration.
(5B) Where the polls for two or more parliamentary elections are held on the same day, references in subsection (5A) to a parliamentary election are to all of those elections taken together.”
(5) After subsection (7) insert—
“(7A) The requirements prescribed under subsections (6) and (7) must include a requirement for an application to contain the proxy’s date of birth.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/37/schedule/4/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022/schedule-4/paragraph-6
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