Paragraph 36 Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001I1

England and Wales

(1)

Regulation 53 (additional requirement for applications for a proxy vote for a definite or indefinite period on grounds of blindness or any other disability) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (5)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (a) for “blindness” substitute “severe sight-impairment”;

(b)

for sub-paragraph (a)(i) substitute the following—

“(i)
a severely sight-impaired person in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014; or”.

(3)

In paragraph (6)—

(a)

omit the words from “with a local authority” to “or registered”;

(b)

after “(registers of sight-impaired adults)” insert “or in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 36 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(2)