# The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2003, Article 9: Absent vote at a particular Assembly election


(1) Where a person applies to the registration officer to vote by post, or to vote by proxy, at a particular Assembly election, the registration officer shall grant the application (subject to paragraph (4)) if—
(a) he is satisfied in the case of an application to vote by proxy, that the applicant’s circumstances on the date of the poll will be or are likely to be such that he cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to him under this Order,
(b) he is satisfied that the applicant is or will be registered in the register of local government electors, and
(c) the application meets the requirements set out in Schedule 2.
(2) Paragraph (1) above does not apply to a person who is included in the record kept under article 8 but such a person may, in respect of a particular Assembly election, apply to the registration officer—
(a) for his ballot paper or, where he is entitled to give two votes at an ordinary election, ballot papers to be sent to a different address in the United Kingdom, or
(b) to vote by proxy,
if he is shown in the record so kept as voting by post at Assembly elections.
(3) The registration officer shall grant an application under paragraph (2) if—
(a) in the case of any application, it meets the requirements set out in Schedule 2; and
(b) in the case of an application to vote by proxy, he is satisfied that the applicant’s circumstances on the date of the poll will be or are likely to be such that he cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to him under this Order.
(4) A person applying to vote by post must provide an address in the United Kingdom as the address to which his ballot paper or, where he is entitled to give two votes at an ordinary election, ballot papers shall be sent.
(5) For the purposes of this article, articles 11 and 12 and Schedule 2, “particular election” shall, where a person (whether as elector or as proxy) is entitled to give two votes at an ordinary election, refer to both elections at which he is entitled to so vote; and references to an absent vote at a particular Assembly election shall be construed accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/284/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-2003/article-9
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