# The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 36: Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001

Extent: E+W

(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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/211/schedule/3/paragraph/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-services-and-well-being-wales-act-2014-consequential-amendments-secondary-legislation-regulations-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-36
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