SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3U.K. Amendments of the Representation of the People Acts

Voting offencesU.K.

10(1)Section 61 shall be amended as follows.U.K.

(2)After subsection (2) (person voting as elector otherwise than by proxy) there shall be inserted—

(2A)In the case of Authority elections, paragraph (a) of subsection (2) above shall not have effect; but a person shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection if he votes as an elector otherwise than by proxy—

(a)more than once at the same election of the Mayor of London;

(b)more than once at the same election of the London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election;

(c)more than once in the same Assembly constituency at the same election of a constituency member of the London Assembly;

(d)in more than one Assembly constituency at the same ordinary election; or

(e)in any Assembly constituency at an ordinary election, or an election of the Mayor of London held under section 16 of the 1999 Act, when there is in force an appointment of a person to vote as his proxy at the election in some other Assembly constituency.

(3)After subsection (3) (person voting as proxy for the same elector) there shall be inserted—

(3A)In the case of Authority elections, paragraph (a) of subsection (3) above shall not have effect; but a person shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection if he votes as proxy for the same elector—

(a)more than once at the same election of the Mayor of London;

(b)more than once at the same election of the London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election;

(c)more than once in the same Assembly constituency at the same election of a constituency member of the London Assembly; or

(d)in more than one Assembly constituency at the same ordinary election.