Paragraph 18 F1

In this Schedule—

• “ballot” includes an election;

• “electronic voting platform” means the website or software through which the electronic voting form is accessed;

• “mobile telephone message” means a message comprised of text or media sent via a mobile messaging protocol to a telephone number allocated in accordance with a national or international numbering plan;

• “qualifying internet messaging service” means an internet messaging service—

  1. (a)

     which requires a unique telephone number for registration, and

  2. (b)

     for which the means of sending a message using the service is to send the message to the unique telephone number associated with a particular account;

• “relevant person” means a person who is eligible to vote by either or both of the following means of voting—

  1. (a)

     electronic voting;

  2. (b)

     hybrid voting;

• “unique telephone number” means, in relation to a qualifying internet messaging service, a telephone number which is not associated with any other account registered with the service.