# The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025, Paragraph 9: Additional requirements for applications to vote by proxy in respect of a particular Senedd election

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(1) This paragraph applies to an application under article 7(2) (absent vote at a particular Senedd election).
(2) The application must set out why the applicant’s circumstances on the date of the poll for that election in respect of which it is made will be, or are likely to be, such that the applicant cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at their allotted polling station.
(3) Where an application under article 7(2)—
(a) is made on the grounds of the applicant’s disability, and
(b) is made after 5.00 p.m. on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the election for which it is made,
the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 7 apply.
(4) Where an application mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) is made, the person who attests the application must state to the best of their knowledge and belief, in addition to those matters specified in paragraph 6, the date upon which the applicant became disabled.
(5) The requirements of paragraph 10 apply where an application under article 7(2)—
(a) is made on grounds relating to the applicant’s occupation, service or employment, and
(b) is made after 5.00 p.m. on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the election for which it is made.
(6) Where a person to whom article 5(8) and (9) applies, makes an application under article 7(2) after 5.00 p.m. on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the election for which it is made, the requirements of sub-paragraph (7) apply.
(7) Where an application mentioned in sub-paragraph (6) is made—
(a) the application must also state the name and address of the hospital at which the applicant is liable to be detained,
(b) the application must be attested by or on behalf of a manager responsible for the administration of the hospital, within the meaning of section 145(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983, at which the applicant is liable to be detained, and
(c) the attestation must state—
(i) the name of the person attesting the application,
(ii) the position of that person in the hospital at which the applicant is liable to be detained,
(iii) that that person is authorised to make the attestation, and
(iv) the statutory provision under which the applicant is liable to be detained in the hospital.
(7A) If an application under article 7(2) is made after 5.00 p.m. on the sixth day before the day of the poll at the election for which it is made because the circumstances set out in paragraph 11(3B)(a) apply, the application must, in addition to providing any other information, state that it is being made because of those circumstances.
(8) This paragraph does not apply where the applicant has an anonymous entry.
(9) In this paragraph, the “allotted polling station” in relation to an elector, means the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to the elector under rule 34 of Schedule 5.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/schedule/1/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/schedule-1/paragraph-9
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