# The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2003, Paragraph 6: Closing dates for applications


(1) An application—
(a) to vote by post or proxy under article 8(1),
(b) to vote by post or proxy under article 9(1),
(c) for the appointment of a proxy under article 11(6) or 11(7), 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 5 pm on the sixth day before the date of the poll at that election.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), an application—
(a) by an absent voter to alter his choice as to the manner of absent voting under article 8(6) or (7),
(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
(c) from a postal proxy for his ballot paper to be sent to a different address at a particular election under article 12(7),
shall be disregarded for the purposes of any particular Assembly election if it is received by the registration officer after 5 pm on the eleventh day before the date of the poll at that election.
(3) The following, namely—
(a) an application under article 8(5)(a) by an elector to be removed from the record kept under article 8(3),
(b) an application under article 12(9)(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,
shall be disregarded for the purposes of any particular Assembly election if it is received by the registration officer after—
(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
(ii) 5 pm on the sixth day before the date of the poll at that election in any other case.
(4) 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 1971,
shall be disregarded.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/284/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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