ScheduleTransitional provisions and savings

Part 2Transitional and savings provision relating to absent voting and date of birth lists

Proxy voting offences and restrictions for certain proxy appointments 4

1

This paragraph applies to a proxy appointment as a result of an application made on or after 31st October 2023.

2

Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the following do not apply in respect of the proxy appointment—

a

section 61(4) of RPA 198321;

b

during the transitional period—

i

paragraph 12A(4) of Schedule 9 to ELA 196222;

ii

section 8(5) of the Representation of the People Act 198523;

iii

paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 198524;

c

paragraph 6(6) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 200025.

3

The provisions in sub-paragraph (2)(a) and (c) continue to apply in respect of the proxy appointment so far as that appointment relates to local government elections, or a particular local government election, in Scotland or Wales.

4

The amendments made by paragraphs 2(3) to (5), 6(4) and 7 of Schedule 4 to EA 2022 and paragraphs 26(3) and 28(4) of Schedule 6 to EA 2022 do not apply in respect of a person voting by virtue of the proxy appointment at an ongoing relevant election.

5

In this paragraph, “transitional period” means the period—

a

beginning with 31st October 2023, and

b

ending with—

i

for the purposes of an ongoing relevant election, the day after the day of poll for that ongoing relevant election;

ii

for all other purposes, 31st January 2024.