Article 2 Amendment of rule 34(6) of the local elections rules

(1)

Paragraph 6 of rule 34 (voting procedure) of the local elections rules is amended as follows.

(2)

For sub-paragraph (a) ^f1 there is substituted:

“(a)

a current licence to drive a motor vehicle if the licence bears the photograph of the person to whom it is issued;”.

(3)

Sub-paragraphs (c) to (g) ^f2 are omitted.

(4)

For the words “In sub-paragraph (e) above” to the end there is substituted:

“In sub-paragraph (a) a licence to drive a motor vehicle is a licence granted under Part 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 (excluding a provisional licence), or under Article 8 and 12 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 or any corresponding enactment for the time being in force.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Paragraph 6(a) was amended by the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988, section 4 and Schedule 3, paragraph 28.
f2: Paragraph 6(f) was inserted by paragraph 41(b) of Schedule 1 to S.I. 1987/168; amended by Article 5(5) of S.I. 2002/2835; paragraph 6(g) was inserted by Article 4(2) of S.I. 1991/1715; amended by Article 5(6) of S.I. 2002/2835.