Amendment of the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

26.  In regulation 81 (spoilt postal ballot papers), in paragraph (7)—

(a)at the end of sub-paragraph (a), add “(or, in the case of an elector who has an anonymous entry, the elector’s electoral number alone)”; and

(b)at the end of sub-paragraph (c), add “(or, in the case of a proxy who has an anonymous entry or is the proxy for a person with an anonymous entry, the proxy’s electoral number alone or, as the case may be, a statement that the proxy is not registered as an elector)”.