{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/schedule-5/paragraph-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/schedule-5/paragraph-25.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1962/14",
  "legislation_title": "Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/25",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Issue of official poll cards",
  "text": "(1) The returning officer shall as soon as practicable after the publication of the notice of election send to electors and their proxies an official poll card ....\n(2) An elector's official poll card shall be sent or delivered to his qualifying address, ....\n(2A) A proxy’s official poll card shall be sent or delivered to the address which—\n(a) is shown as the proxy’s address in the list of proxies; or\n(b) in the case of a proxy for an elector with an anonymous entry, would be so shown but for paragraph 2(4A) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985.\n(3) The official poll card shall be in the form prescribed in the Appendix and shall set out—\n(a) the name of the district electoral area;\n(b) the elector's name, qualifying address and number on the register;\n(c) the date and hours of the poll and the situation of the elector's polling station ; and\n(d) such other information as the returning officer thinks appropriate;\nand different information may be provided in pursuance of sub-paragraph (d) to different electors or descriptions of electors.\n(3A) An official poll card issued under this rule may be combined with an official poll card issued at a parliamentary election.\n(4) Paragraph (7) of rule 6 applies for the interpretation of this rule.\n(5) In the case of an elector with an anonymous entry, the official poll card must not include the elector’s name or qualifying address or the situation of the elector’s polling station.\n(6) In this rule, reference to an official poll card includes an official postal poll card.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 rule 25(1) inserted (16.12.2010) by Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2977), arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 1 para. 59(2) (with art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 rule 25(1) omitted (15.9.2014) by virtue of The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 6(8)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 rule 25(2) omitted (15.9.2014) by virtue of The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1880), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 5 rule 25(2A) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1880), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 rule 25(3) inserted (16.12.2010) by Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2977), arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 1 para. 59(3) (with art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "2001 c. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 5 rule 25(5)(6) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 6(8)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1962/14/schedule/5/paragraph/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:59.497504+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}