The European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004

Closing date for applications

19.—(1) An application under paragraph 3(6) or (7) of this Schedule shall be disregarded for the purposes of a particular European Parliamentary election and an application under paragraph 4(3) of this Schedule shall be refused if it is received by the registration officer after 5 pm on the eleventh day before the date of the poll at that election.

(2) An application under paragraph 3(1) or (2), or 6(6) or 7(4) of this Schedule shall be disregarded for the purposes of a particular European Parliamentary election if it is received by the registration officer after 5 pm on the sixth day before the date of the poll at that election.

(3) An application under paragraph 4(1) or (2) or 6(7) of this Schedule shall be refused if it is received by the registration officer after 5 pm on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the election for which it is made.

(4) An application under paragraph 7(7) of this Schedule shall be refused if it is received by the registration officer after 5 pm on the eleventh day before the date of the poll at the election for which it is made.

(5) An application under—

(a) paragraph 3(5)(a) of this Schedule by an elector to be removed from the record kept under paragraph 3(4) of this Schedule, or

(b) paragraph 7(9)(a) of this Schedule by a proxy to be removed from the record kept under paragraph 7(6) of this Schedule,

and a notice under paragraph 6(9) of this Schedule by an elector cancelling a proxy’s appointment shall be disregarded for the purposes of a particular European Parliamentary election if it is received by the registration officer after 5 pm on the eleventh day before the date of the poll at that election.

(6) In computing a period of days for the purposes of this paragraph, Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday or a bank holiday shall be disregarded.

(7) In sub-paragraph (6) above “bank holiday” means—

(a) in relation to a general election in the combined region a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom or a Bank or Public Holiday in Gibraltar not otherwise falling within sub-paragraph (6);

(b) in relation to a by-election in the combined region a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in England and Wales or a Bank or Public Holiday in Gibraltar not otherwise falling within sub-paragraph (6),

(c) in relation to a general election in a region other than the combined region, a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom; and

(d) in relation to a by-election in a region other than the combined region a day which is a bank holiday under that Act in that part of the United Kingdom in which the electoral region is situated.