{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-northern-ireland-assembly-elections-order-1998/schedule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-northern-ireland-assembly-elections-order-1998/schedule-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1287",
  "legislation_title": "The New Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-northern-ireland-assembly-elections-order-1998",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "APPLICATION AND MODIFICATION OF PROVISIONS OF THE 1986 REGULATIONS, THE ELECTION PETITIONS RULES 1964 AND THE PLANNING (CONTROL OF ADVERTISEMENTS) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1992",
  "text": "Provision applied\nModifications\nREPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (NORTHERN IRELAND) REGULATIONS 1986\nIn regulation 4 (interpretation) paragraphs (1) and (3)\nIn paragraph (1)—\n(a) all of the definitions shall be omitted except those of “available for inspection”, “candidate”, “data”, “data user”, “postal proxy”, “register”, “registration officer” and “voluntary mental patient”; and\n(b) for the definition of “candidate” there shall be substituted ““candidate” means a person having been nominated or declared himself a candidate for election as a member of the Assembly;”.\nRegulation 5 (forms).\nParagraph (1)(a) shall be omitted.\nRegulation 6 (sending of applications, notices, etc.).\nRegulation 7 (publication of documents).\nRegulation 8 (misnomers).\nRegulation 9 (time).\nRegulation 11 (return and declaration of election expenses).\nRegulation 12 (interference with notices etc.).\nIn regulation 53 (free copies of register etc.), paragraph (2).\nSub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted.\nIn regulation 54 (sale of lists and register), paragraph (3).\nSub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted.\nRegulation 55 (supply of data).\nIn paragraph (6) the words from “Provided that” to the end shall be omitted.\nParagraph (8) shall be omitted.\nRegulation 56 (supply of labels).\nIn paragraph (4) the words from “provided that” to the end shall be omitted.\nParagraph (5) shall be omitted.\nRegulation 63 (general requirements for applications).\nIn regulation 64, paragraph (6) (meaning of allotted polling station).\nRegulation 66 (additional requirements for applications in respect of a particular election).\nIn paragraphs (4)(c) and (6)(d) for the words from “one” to the end of each of those sub-paragraphs, there shall be substituted—\n“(i) a registered medical practitioner;\n(ii) a registered nurse within the meaning of section 7(7) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997, or\n(iii) a Christian Science practitioner”.\nIn paragraph (6)(a) for the word “eleventh” there shall be substituted “fourteenth”.\nIn paragraph (7)(a) after the word “address” there shall be inserted “, that he has seen the applicant in connection with the circumstances set out in paragraph (1) above”.\nIn paragraph (8)(b) the words from “or some other” to the end shall be omitted.\nRegulation 67 (additional requirements for applications for appointment of a proxy).\nRegulation 68 (additional requirements for applications by proxies to vote by post at a particular election).\nRegulation 69 (closing date for applications).\nIn paragraphs (1), (2) and (5) for the word “eleventh” there shall be substituted “fourteenth”.\nIn paragraph (1) for sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) there shall be substituted “under paragraph 1(1) or (5), 3(5) or 4(4) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Order, as those paragraphs have effect for the purposes of the compilation of the special lists under sections 7(4) and 9(9) of the 1985 Act at an Assembly election,”.\nIn paragraph (5) for the words from the beginning of sub-paragraph (a) to the words “section 8(9) of that Act” there shall be substituted “under paragraph 1(4)(a) or 4(10)(a) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Order and a notice under paragraph 3(8) of that Part, as those paragraphs have effect for the purposes of the compilation of the special lists under sections 7(4) and 9(9) of the 1985 Act at an Assembly election,”.\nIn paragraph (6) from the beginning of sub-paragraph (i) to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted “a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in Northern Ireland”.\nRegulation 70 (grant or refusal of applications).\nParagraph (2) shall be omitted.\nRegulation 74 (record and lists kept under sections 6, 7 and 9 of Act of 1985).\nParagraph (5) shall be omitted.\nRegulation 75 (marked register for polling stations).\nRegulation 76 (certificate of employment).\nRegulation 77 (interpretation of Part V).\nRegulation 79 (persons entitled to be present at issue and receipt of postal ballot papers).\nRegulation 80 (notification of requirement of secrecy).\nRegulation 81 (notice of issue of postal ballot papers).\nRegulation 82 (marking of postal ballot papers etc.).\nRegulation 83 (refusal to issue postal ballot paper).\nRegulation 84 (envelopes).\nRegulation 85 (delivery of postal ballot papers to post office).\nRegulation 86 (provision of postal voters' ballot box).\nRegulation 87 (sealing up of special lists and counterfoils).\nRegulation 88 (spoilt postal ballot paper).\nRegulation 89 (receipt of covering envelope).\nRegulation 90 (opening of postal voters' ballot box).\nIn paragraph (7) for the words “rule 45” there shall be substituted “rule 44B”.\nRegulation 91 (opening of covering envelopes).\nRegulation 92 (sealing up of rejected votes and declarations of identity).\nRegulation 93 (opening of ballot paper envelopes).\nRegulation 94 (abandoned poll).\nRegulation 95 (forwarding of documents).\nFor paragraph (1), there shall be substituted the following paragraph:\n“(1) The returning officer shall retain for the period of one year after the date of the poll any packets referred to in regulation 87, 88, 92 or 93 above endorsing on each packet a description of its contents and the name of the constituency and, after the expiry of that period, cause those packets to be destroyed, unless otherwise directed by order of the High Court.”.\nIn paragraph (2), for the words “forward it at a subsequent date in the manner described in paragraph (1) above” there shall be substituted “retain it and subsequently deal with it in the manner described in paragraph (1) above”.\nIn paragraph (3) for the word “forwarded” there shall be substituted “retained”.\nIn paragraph (4) for the words “A copy of the statement referred to in paragraph (1)(b) above” there shall be substituted “A completed statement in Form L of the number of postal ballot papers issued”.\nSCHEDULE 2 (FORMS)\nForm E (elector’s official poll card).\nIn the form of the back of the card for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted:\n“(b) a current passport issued by the United Kingdom or any other Member State of the European Community;”.\nForm F (proxy’s official poll card).\nIn the form of the back of the card for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted:\n“(b) a current passport issued by the United Kingdom or any other Member State of the European Community;”.\nForm G (certificate of employment).\nForm H (declaration of identity).\nIn the instructions to voters on the back of the form, for paragraphs 1 and 2 there shall be substituted:\n“1 Mark your vote by putting “1” against the candidate of your first choice, “2” against the candidate of your second choice and so on. Do this secretly; if you cannot vote without assistance, the person assisting you must not disclose how you have voted.\n2 You may show your preference for as many or as few candidates as you wish but you should not show the same preference against more than one candidate. Put no other mark on the ballot paper, or your vote may not be counted.”.\nForm J (form of return of expenses required by section 75 of the 1983 Act).\nForm K (form of declaration as to expenses required by section 75 of the 1983 Act).\nForm L (statement as to postal ballot papers).\nIn note 2 for the words “At the same time as this statement is sent to the Clerk of the Crown for Northern Ireland, a copy” there shall be substituted “This statement”.\nELECTION PETITION RULES 1964.\nRule 1 (citation, commencement and application).\nRule 2 (interpretation).\nRule 3 (form of petition).\nIn paragraph (1)(b) the words from “and the” to the end of the sub-paragraph shall be omitted.\nRule 4 (security for costs).\nRule 5.\nRule 5A (notice of presentation of the petition).\nRule 6 (notice of objection to recognisance).\nRule 7 (list of petitions at issue).\nRule 8 (time and place of trial).\nRule 9 (evidence).\nRule 10 (order to compel attendance of witness).\nRule 12 (witnesses expenses).\nRule 13 (case stated).\nRule 14 (withdrawal of petition).\nRule 15 (application to stay or dismiss petition).\nRule 16 (death of a petitioner).\nRule 17 (notice of intention not to oppose petition).\nRule 18 (substitution of respondents).\nRule 19 (duty to file copies).\nRule 20 (cost of publication).\nRule 21 (notice of appointment of respondent’s solicitor).\nRule 22 (service of notices).\nRule 23 (forfeiture of recognisance).\nRule 24 (payment from deposit on default).\nRule 25 (recognisance and deposit).\nRule 26 (discharge of recognisance and deposit).\nRule 27 (time).\nSchedule A (form of petition).\nIn paragraph 2 the words “to the Clerk of the Crown” shall be omitted.\nSchedule B (form of order to compel attendance of witness).\nTHE PLANNING (CONTROL OF ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1992\nRegulation 2 (interpretation).\nRegulation 4 (requirement for consent).\nSchedule 1 (standard conditions).\nIn Schedule 2 (classes of advertisements to which the prohibition in regulation 4(1) does not apply), class F.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 4 has been amended, but the amendments are not relevant to the subject matter of this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation 7 has been amended by S.I. 1990/561."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 11 has been amended by S.I. 1990/561."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Regulation 54 was amended by S.I. 1990/561."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Regulation 55 was amended by S.I. 1989/1304 and S.I. 1990/561."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Regulation 56 was amended by S.I. 1990/561."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Regulation 63(1) was amended by S.I. 1990/561."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Regulation 66 was amended by S.I. 1990/561 and S.I. 1997/967."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "1997 c. 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Regulation 69 was amended by S.I. 1990/561 and S.I. 1997/967."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "Regulation 91 was amended by S.I. 1990/561."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "Regulation 95 was amended by S.I. 1990/561."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "Forms E and F were amended by S.I. 1991/1674."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f15",
      "text": "Form H was amended by S.I. 1990/561."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f16",
      "text": "The rules have been amended by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1985 No. 347."
    }
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