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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/284",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2003",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "General requirements for applications",
  "text": "(1) Applications under article 8, 9, 11 or 12 shall, in addition to the address which is required by article 8(8), 9(4) or 12(10) (as the case may be), state—\n(a) the applicant’s full name,\n(b) except in the case of an application under article 12, the address in respect of which the applicant is or will be registered in the register,\n(c) in the case of an application under article 12, the address of the applicant, together with the name of the elector for whom he acts as proxy and the address of that elector for the purposes of paragraph (b), and\n(d) in the case of an application to vote by proxy, the grounds on which the applicant claims to be entitled to an absent vote;\nand the application shall be signed by the applicant and made and sent or delivered in accordance with article 143.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the address in respect of which the applicant is or will be registered includes—\n(a) in the case of a service voter, the address given in the service declaration in accordance with section 16(d) of the 1983 Act,\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(3) An application under article 9(1) or (2), 11(7) or 12(7) shall specify the election in respect of which it is made.\n(4) An application to vote by proxy under article 8(1) or (7) or 9(1) or (2) shall include an application for the appointment of a proxy which meets the requirements of paragraph 5.\n(5) An application under article 8, 9, 11 or 12 shall comply with such further requirements of this Schedule as apply to such an application and with the requirements as to time set out by paragraph 6.",
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