PART 2Amendment of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001
Amendment of Schedule 3 (forms) I2I16
In Schedule 3 (forms)—
a
in the arrangement of forms—
i
in the entry for Form E, after “proxy paper” insert “(local government elections in Wales)”
;
ii
after that entry insert—
Form E1: Proxy paper (parliamentary elections and local government elections in England)
b
for Form A (official poll card to be sent to an elector voting in person) and Form B (official proxy poll card to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person) substitute the corresponding forms as set out in Schedule 3;
c
in Form E—
i
omit “Constituency”;
ii
omit “*[” in the first place it occurs;
iii
omit “]” in the first place it occurs;
iv
omit “*[who qualifies as an overseas elector in respect of the above constituency]”;
v
for “*[parliamentary] *[local government]” in both places it occurs substitute “local government”
;
vi
for “*[constituency] *[electoral area]” in both places it occurs substitute “electoral area”
;
vii
in the section titled “Your right to vote as proxy”, in paragraph (2), omit “parliamentary, or”;
d
after Form E, insert new Form E1 as set out in Schedule 3.