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Paragraph 8 Closing dates for applications

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(1)

An application—

(a)

to vote by post or proxy under article 8(1),

(b)

by an absent voter to alter his choice as to the manner of absent voting under article 8(7),

(c)

for the appointment of a proxy under article 11(6), or

(d)

from a proxy to vote by post under article 12(4),

shall be disregarded for the purposes of any particular Assembly election if it is received by the registration officer after 5pm on the eleventh day before the date of the poll at that election.

(2)

Subject to sub-paragraph (3), an application—

(a)

to vote by post or proxy under article 9(1),

(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 article 9(2),

(c)

for the appointment of a proxy under article 11(7),

(d)

from a proxy to vote by post under article 12(7), or

(e)

from a postal proxy for his ballot paper to be sent to a different address at a particular election under article 12(8),

shall be disallowed if it is received by the registration officer after 5pm on the eleventh day before the date of the poll at the election for which it was made.

(3)

Sub-paragraph (2) shall not apply to an application which satisfies the requirements of either paragraph 5(2) and (3) or 5(4); and such an application shall be disallowed if it is received by the registration officer after 5pm on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the election for which it was made.

(4)

The following, namely—

(a)

an application under article 8(6)(a) by an elector to be removed from the record kept under article 8(4),

(b)

an application under article 12(11)(a) by a proxy to be removed from the record kept under article 12(6), and

(c)

a notice under article 11(9) of the cancellation of a proxy’s appointment,

may be disregarded for the purposes of any particular Assembly election if it is received by the registration officer after 5pm on the eleventh day before the date of the poll at that election.

(5)

In computing a period of days for the purposes of paragraph 5 and this paragraph—

(a)

a Saturday or a Sunday,

(b)

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Maundy Thursday or Good Friday, or

(c)

a day which is a bank holiday in Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971f1,

shall be disregarded.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1971 c. 80.