{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-postal-and-proxy-voting-etc-amendment-regulations-2023/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-postal-and-proxy-voting-etc-amendment-regulations-2023/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1147",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-postal-and-proxy-voting-etc-amendment-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendment of Schedule 3 (forms)",
  "text": "In Schedule 3 (forms)—\n(a) in the arrangement of forms—\n(i) in the entry for Form E, after “proxy paper” insert “(local government elections in Wales)”;\n(ii) after that entry insert—\n“Form E1: Proxy paper (parliamentary elections and local government elections in England)”;\n(b) for Form A (official poll card to be sent to an elector voting in person) and Form B (official proxy poll card to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person) substitute the corresponding forms as set out in Schedule 3;\n(c) in Form E—\n(i) omit “Constituency”;\n(ii) omit “*[” in the first place it occurs;\n(iii) omit “]” in the first place it occurs;\n(iv) omit “*[who qualifies as an overseas elector in respect of the above constituency]”;\n(v) for “*[parliamentary] *[local government]” in both places it occurs substitute “local government”;\n(vi) for “*[constituency] *[electoral area]” in both places it occurs substitute “electoral area”;\n(vii) in the section titled “Your right to vote as proxy”, in paragraph (2), omit “parliamentary, or”;\n(d) after Form E, insert new Form E1 as set out in Schedule 3.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6(a)(c)(d) in force at 31.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Reg. 6(b) in force at 31.1.2024, see reg. 1(3)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1147/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:39:17.151575+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}