# Elections Act 2022, Paragraph 28: Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985

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

(1) In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/454), paragraph 3 (proxies at local elections) is amended as follows.
(2) After sub-paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) A person is not capable of being appointed to vote, or voting, as proxy at a local election unless the person is or will be registered in—
(a) a register of local electors in Northern Ireland, or
(b) a register of local government electors in Great Britain maintained under section 9 of the 1983 Act.”
(3) In sub-paragraph (2)—
(a) omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (a);
(b) omit paragraph (b).
(4) For sub-paragraph (4) substitute—
“(4) A person—
(a) is not entitled to vote as proxy at a local election on behalf of more than two electors who do not fall within sub-paragraph (4A), but
(b) subject to paragraph (a), is entitled to vote as proxy at a local election on behalf of up to four electors.
(4A) An elector falls within this sub-paragraph if the elector is registered in a register of local electors in pursuance of a service declaration.
(4B) Where the polls for two or more local elections are held on the same day, references in sub-paragraph (4) to a local election are to all of those elections taken together.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/37/schedule/6/paragraph/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022/schedule-6/paragraph-28
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