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68.—(1) An application under regulation 53(2) to sign a particular petition by proxy must set out why the applicant’s circumstances during the signing period in respect of the petition for which it is made will be, or are likely to be, such that they cannot reasonably be expected to sign in person at their allotted signing place.
(2) Where an application under regulation 53(2) is made—
(a)on the grounds of the applicant’s disability, and
(b)after 5pm on the sixth day before the last day of the signing period for the petition for which it is made,
the requirements of regulation 64 (proxy signature on the grounds of disability) as to the matters to be specified and the attestation are to apply.
(3) Where an application mentioned in paragraph (2) is made, the person who attests the application (“A”) must state, in addition to those matters specified in regulation 64, to the best of A’s knowledge and belief, the date upon which the applicant became disabled.
(4) Where an application under regulation 53(2) is made—
(a)on grounds relating to the applicant’s occupation, service or employment, and
(b)after 5pm on the sixth day before the last day of the signing period for the petition for which it is made,
the requirements of regulation 69 (emergency proxy signature) as to the matters to be specified and the attestation are to apply.
(5) Where an application under regulation 53(2) is made by a person to whom section 7(1) of the 1983 Act applies (patients in mental hospitals who are not detained offenders) after 5pm on the sixth day before the last day of the signing period for the petition for which it is made, the requirements of paragraph (6) as to the matters to be specified and as to attestation are to apply.
(6) Where an application mentioned in paragraph (5) is made—
(a)the application must additionally state the name and address of the hospital at which the applicant is liable to be detained; and
(b)the application must be attested by the manager, within the meaning of section 145(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983, or section 329 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, responsible for the administration of the hospital at which the applicant is liable to be detained, or a person authorised to act on behalf of such a manager for these purposes, and the attestation must state—
(i)the name of the person attesting the application;
(ii)that the person is authorised to attest the application;
(iii)the position of the person in the hospital at which the applicant is liable to be detained; and
(iv)the statutory provision under which the applicant is liable to be detained at the hospital (where applicable).
(7) This regulation does not apply where the applicant has an anonymous entry.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 68 in force at 4.3.2016, see reg. 1
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