PART 4ABSENT VOTERS

[F1Additional requirement for applications for ballot papers to be sent to different address from that shown in the record kept under section 6(3) or section 9(6) of the 1985 Act

55B.[F2(1)] An application under—

(a)section 7(2) of the 1985 Act by a person (“A”) shown as voting by post in the record kept under section 6(3) of that Act; or

(b)section 9(8) of the 1985 Act by a person (“A”) shown as voting by post in the record kept under section 9(6) of that Act,

for A’s ballot paper to be sent to a different address from that shown in the record shall set out why A’s circumstances will be or are likely to be such that A requires the ballot paper to be sent to that address.]

[F3(2) This regulation does not apply where the applicant has, or has applied for, an anonymous entry.]