SCHEDULEAmendments consequential on the Care Act 2014
Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 200116
In regulation 53 of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (additional requirements for applications for a proxy vote for a definite or indefinite period on grounds of blindness or any other disability)22—
a
in paragraph (5)(a), for the words from “as a blind person” to the end, substitute—
by the local authority which is specified in the application as—
i
a blind person under section 29(4)(g) of the National Assistance Act 1948; or
ii
a person who is severely sight-impaired under section 77(1) of the Care Act 2014 (registers of sight-impaired adults); or
b
in paragraph (6), after “section 29(4)(g) of the National Assistance Act 1948”, insert “or registered as severely sight-impaired by a local authority under section 77(1) of the Care Act 2014 (registers of sight-impaired adults)”.