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Paragraph 6 Appointment of proxies under paragraph 4

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(1)

This paragraph applies to the appointment of proxies under paragraph 4.

(2)

Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, any person is capable of being appointed proxy to vote for another (in this paragraph referred to as “the elector”) at a local election and may vote in pursuance of the appointment.

(3)

The elector cannot have more than one person appointed to vote for him at any particular local election.

(4)

A person is not capable of being appointed to vote, or voting, as proxy at a local election—

(a)

if he is subject to any legal incapacity (age apart) to vote at that election as an elector; or

(b)

if he is neither a Commonwealth citizen nor a citizen of the Republic of Ireland.

(5)

An elector shall apply to the Chief Electoral Officer for the appointment of a proxy to vote for him at a particular local election by means of completing Part II of Forms 5, 6 or 7, which Part should be signed by the person consenting to act as the elector's proxy.

(6)

The Chief Electoral Officer shall make the appointment if he is satisfied that the application satisfies the requirements of paragraphs 4, 9 and 10 and that the proxy is capable of being and willing to be appointed.

(7)

The appointment of the proxy under this paragraph is to be made by means of a proxy paper in Form 4 issued by the Chief Electoral Officer.

(8)

The appointment shall remain in force for the particular local election for which it was made.

(9)

If for any reason the Chief Electoral Officer does not issue a proxy paper under sub-paragraph (7), he shall notify the elector why he has not done so.