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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-amendment-order-2002/article-23",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/834",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) (Amendment) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-amendment-order-2002",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Schedule 2 to the Principal Order (Absent voting at Assembly elections)",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 2 to the principal Order shall be amended in accordance with this article.\n(2) In the Arrangement of Paragraphs, under the sub-heading “Paragraph”—\n(a) omit the words between “2” and “3”;\n(b) after “5. Additional requirements for applications” insert “to vote by proxy”; and\n(c) omit the words between “7” and “8”.\n(3) In paragraph 1—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1)—\n(i) omit the words “the case of a person applying to vote by post”, and\n(ii) in paragraph (d), omit the words “under article 8(1), 9(1) or 12(4) or (7)” and substitute “to vote by proxy”;”\n(b) in sub-paragraph (2)(a), omit “and”, and the reference to section 16(d) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 is to that section as amended by paragraph 9(c) of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000; and\n(c) for paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (2) substitute—\n“(b) in the case of a person to whom section 7 of the 1983 Act applies (mental patients who are not detained offenders), the address of the mental hospital or the address shown on the declaration of local connection in accordance with section 7B(3)(d) of the 1983 Act,\n(c) in the case of a person to whom section 7A of the 1983 Act applies (person remanded in custody), the address of the place at which he is detained or the address shown on the declaration of local connection in accordance with section 7B(3)(d) of the 1983 Act, and\n(d) in the case of a homeless person, the address shown on the declaration of local connection in accordance with section 7B(3)(d) of the 1983 Act.”;\n(d) in sub-paragraph (3), omit “12(7) or (8)” and substitute “12(8)”; and\n(e) omit sub-paragraph (6).\n(4) Omit paragraph 2.\n(5) In paragraph 3(1) after “An application” insert “to vote by proxy for a particular or indefinite period”.\n(6) In paragraph 4—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1) after “An application” insert “to vote by proxy for a particular or indefinite period”,\n(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), at end add—\n“or, as the case may be, whether it is the applicant or his spouse who is attending the course provided by an educational institution in respect of which the application is made”.\n(c) in sub-paragraph (1)(b), for the words from “or employment” to end, substitute “, employment or course provided by an educational institution giving rise to the application,”;\n(d) for paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) substitute—\n“(d) the reason relevant to the general nature of the occupation, service or employment in question or the course provided by an educational institution, why the applicant cannot reasonably be expected to go in person to his allotted polling station.”;\n(e) in sub-paragraph (2)—\n(i) in paragraph (a)(iii) delete “and”;\n(ii) in paragraph (b), delete “in any other case”, and\n(iii) after sub-sub-paragraph (b), add—\n“, and\n(c) in the case of a course provided by an educational institution, by the director or tutor of that course or by the principal or head of that institution or an employee to whom this function is delegated by the principal or head.”;\nand\n(f) in sub-paragraph (4)—\n(i) in each of paragraphs (a) and (b), after “employed person” add “or the person attending the course”; and\n(ii) after sub-paragraph (ii), add—\n“, or\n(iii) in the case of a person who attests under sub-paragraph (2)(c), the post he holds at the institution.”.\n(7) For paragraph 5 substitute—\n“Additional requirements for applications to vote by proxy in respect of a particular Assembly election\n5 An application under article 9(1) to vote by proxy at a particular election shall set out why the applicant’s circumstances on the date of the poll for that election in respect of which it is made will be or are likely to be such that he cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at his allotted polling station.”.\n(8) Omit paragraph 7.\n(9) In paragraph 8—\n(a) for sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) substitute—\n“(1) An application—\n(a) to vote by post or proxy under article 8(1),\n(b) to vote by post or proxy under article 9(1),\n(c) for the appointment of a proxy under article 11(6) or 11(7), or\n(d) from a proxy to vote by post under article 12(4),\nshall be disregarded for the purposes of any particular Assembly election if it is received by the registration officer after 5 p.m. on the sixth day before the date of the poll at that election.\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), an application—\n(a) by an absent voter to alter his choice as to the manner of absent voting under article 8(7) or (7A),\n(b) by a postal voter for his ballot paper to be sent to a different address or to vote instead by proxy at a particular election under 9(2), or\n(c) from a postal proxy for his ballot paper to be sent to a different address at a particular election under article 12(8),\nshall be disregarded for the purposes of any particular Assembly election if it is received by the registration officer after 5 p.m. on the eleventh day before the date of the poll at that election.”;\n(b) omit sub-paragraph (3);\n(c) in sub-paragraph (4)—\n(i) omit “may be disregarded” and substitute “shall be disregarded”, and\n(ii) omit the words from “5 pm” to “election” and substitute—\n“(i) 5 pm on the eleventh day before the date of the poll at that election in the case of an application by an elector who is entitled to vote by post to be removed from the record kept under article 8(4), and\n(ii) 5 pm on the sixth day before the date of the poll at that election in any other case.”.\n(10) In paragraph 9—\n(a) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) Where the registration officer grants an application for the appointment of a proxy, he shall, where practicable, confirm in writing to the elector that the proxy has been appointed, his name and address and the duration of the appointment.”; and\n(b) after sub-paragraph (4) insert—\n“(5) At an Assembly election where the registration officer is not the returning officer for any constituency or part of a constituency for which he is the registration officer, he shall send to that returning officer details of any application to vote by post which he has granted as soon as practicable after doing so.”.\n(11) In the Appendix of Forms—\n(a) in the “Form of proxy paper”—\n(i) above the word “Signature” insert “[*This proxy appointment remains valid until…]”;\n(ii) in note 2, after “it may be for” in the first sentence, insert “a particular or,” and at the end of note 2 insert “If it is for a particular period, your right to vote as proxy expires on the date stated on the form.”;\n(iii) omit note 7; and\n(iv) in note 8, omit the words from “if the electoral registration officer” to “elector’s polling station”, and for “the eleventh working day” substitute “the sixth working day”.\nand\n(b) in the “Papur Dirprwyo”—\n(i) above the word “Llofnod” insert “[*Mae'r penodiad dirprwy hwn yn ddilys tan…]”;\n(ii) in note 2, after “fe all fod am gyfnod” in the first sentence insert “pendant neu”, and at the end of note 2 insert “Os yw am gyfnod pendant, bydd eich hawl i bleidleisio yn dod i ben ar y dyddiad a ddatganir ar y papur.”;\n(iii) omit note 7, and\n(iv) in note 8, omit the words from “os yw'r swydddog cofrestru etholiadol” to “yng ngorsaf bleidleisio'r etholwr(aig)”, and for “yr unfed diwrnod gwaith ar ddeg” substitute “y chweched diwrnod gwaith”.",
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      "text": "Section 7B was inserted by section 6 of the 2000 Act."
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