Schedules
Schedule 6Local elections in Northern Ireland and elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly
Part 1Local elections in Northern Ireland
I128Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985
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In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/454), paragraph 3 (proxies at local elections) is amended as follows.
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After sub-paragraph (1) insert—
1A
A person is not capable of being appointed to vote, or voting, as proxy at a local election unless the person is or will be registered in—
a
a register of local electors in Northern Ireland, or
b
a register of local government electors in Great Britain maintained under section 9 of the 1983 Act.
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In sub-paragraph (2)—
a
omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (a);
b
omit paragraph (b).
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For sub-paragraph (4) substitute—
4
A person—
a
is not entitled to vote as proxy at a local election on behalf of more than two electors who do not fall within sub-paragraph (4A), but
b
subject to paragraph (a), is entitled to vote as proxy at a local election on behalf of up to four electors.
4A
An elector falls within this sub-paragraph if the elector is registered in a register of local electors in pursuance of a service declaration.
4B
Where the polls for two or more local elections are held on the same day, references in sub-paragraph (4) to a local election are to all of those elections taken together.