Paragraph 16A Grounds relating to voter identificationF1

(1)

For the purposes of this Part, an application is made on grounds relating to voter identification if it is made because the following apply to B—

(a)

condition 1, 2, 3 or 4, and

(b)

except where B has an anonymous entry on the register of electors, condition 5.

(2)

In this paragraph, “B” means—

(a)

the applicant, where—

(i)

the application is made under paragraph 3(2), and

(ii)

paragraph 14A(2) does not apply to the application made under paragraph 5(4) which is included in that application under paragraph 3(2);

(b)

otherwise, the person already appointed as the applicant’s proxy at the time the application is made.

(3)

Condition 1 is that—

(a)

immediately before the deadline, B has a specified document which B intends to use to vote in person at a PCC election, and

(b)

after that deadline, that document is—

(i)

lost, stolen, destroyed or damaged so as to be no longer usable as a specified document for the purposes of that election, or

(ii)

sent by B to another person to prove B’s identity and B considers that it is unlikely to be returned to B on or before the day of poll at that election.

(4)

Condition 2 is that—

(a)

at a time during the period of 3 months ending with the deadline, B has applied for a specified document,

(b)

immediately before the deadline, B has not received that document, and

(c)

the application for the specified document has not been refused or withdrawn.

(5)

Condition 3 is that—

(a)

B has an anonymous entry on the register of electors, and

(b)

either—

(i)

B has not been issued with an anonymous elector’s document, or

(ii)

B has been issued with an anonymous elector’s document, and after the deadline B is allocated an electoral number which is different from the one shown on that document other than as a result of an application under section 9B of the 1983 Act (anonymous registration).

(6)

Condition 4 is that—

(a)

B has a temporary electoral identity document which is valid for use on the day of poll at a PCC election, and

(b)

before B is able to vote in person at such an election using that document, proceedings at B’s polling station are adjourned in accordance with rule 46 of Part 3 of Schedule 3 (adjournment of poll in case of riot).

(7)

Condition 5 is that B does not have access to another specified document.

(8)

In this paragraph—

(a)

“anonymous elector’s document” and “temporary electoral identity document” have the meanings given in regulation 3(1) of the Voter Identification Regulations 2022;

(b)

the “deadline” means 5 pm on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the PCC election for which an application is made, and paragraph 16(5) applies for the purposes of computing the sixth day as it applies for the purposes of computing a period of days for the purposes of paragraph 16;

(c)

“specified document” has the meaning given in rule 39(2I) of Part 3 of Schedule 3.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 para. 16A inserted (16.1.2023) by The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1382), regs. 1(3), 59(2)(e) (with reg. 1(6)(7))