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

3.  For regulation 9 substitute—

“Official poll card and postal poll card at parliamentary elections

9.— (1) The following forms are prescribed for the purpose of rule 28(3) of the elections rules(1).

(2) The official poll card issued to an elector must be in Form A.

(3) The official postal poll card issued to an elector who is on the absent voters list for the election (kept under section 7(4) of the 1985 Act) must be in Form A1.

(4) The official poll card issued to the proxy of an elector must be in Form B.

(5) The official postal poll card issued to the proxy of an elector who is entitled to vote by post as proxy at the election must be in Form B1.”

(1)

Under regulation 2 of the S.I. 2008/1741, the elections rules means the parliamentary elections rules in Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2). Rule 28(3) was amended by paragraph 70 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22).