Closing dates for applications
7.—(1) An application—
(a)to vote by post under article 8(1) or 9(1); or
(b)from a proxy to vote by post under article 12(4),
shall be disregarded for the purposes of any particular Assembly election if it is received by the registration officer after 5pm on the eleventh day before the date of the poll at that election.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) an application—
(a)to vote by proxy under article 8(1) or 9(1); or
(b)for the appointment of a proxy under article 11(6) or (7),
shall be disregarded for the purposes of any particular Assembly election if it is received by the registration officer after 5pm on the sixth day before the date of the poll at that election.
(3) Where an application under article 9(1) is made—
(a)on the grounds of the applicant’s disability and the applicant became disabled after 5pm on the sixth day before the poll at the election for which it is made; or
(b)by a person to whom article 7(7) applies,
the application, or an application under article 11(7) made by virtue of that application, shall be refused if it is received after 5pm on the day of the poll at the election for which it is made.
(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), an application—
(a)by an absent voter to alter his choice as to the manner of absent voting under article 8(6) or (7);
(b)by a postal voter for his ballot paper to be sent to a different address or to vote instead by proxy at a particular election under article 9(3); or
(c)from a postal proxy for his ballot paper to be sent to a different address at a particular election under article 12(7),
shall be refused for the purposes of any particular Assembly 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.
(5) The following, namely—
(a)an application under article 8(5)(a) by an elector to be removed from the record kept under article 8(3);
(b)an application under article 12(10)(a) by a proxy to be removed from the record kept under article 12(6); and
(c)a notice under article 11(9) of the cancellation of a proxy’s appointment,
shall be disregarded for the purposes of any particular Assembly 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 for which it is made.
(6) In computing a period of days for the purposes of this paragraph, Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday, or a bank holiday shall be disregarded.
(7) In paragraph (6) “bank holiday” means a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(1) in Wales.