Introductory Text
Part 1 Introductory provisions
1.Citation, commencement, transitional provision and extent
Part 2 Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985
2.Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985
3.Amendment of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985
4.Amendment of paragraph 1 (interpretation)
5.Amendment of paragraph 15 (receipt of covering envelope)
6.Insertion of paragraphs 15A to 15I (postal voting documents retuned by hand and left behind postal voting documents)
7.Amendment of paragraph 17 (opening of covering envelopes)
8.Amendment of paragraph 19 (disposal of documents)
Part 3 Amendment of other electoral legislation
9.Amendment of Schedule 5 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962
10.Amendment of the Elections Act 2001
11.Amendment of the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010
Signature
Schedules
Schedule 1
Statement as to Postal Ballot Papers
Schedule 2
Form 5 (declaration of identity)
Schedule 3
Form 6A (elector’s official postal poll card)
Schedule 4
Form 7A (proxy’s official postal poll card)
Schedule 5
Form 5A (declaration of identity (combined polls))
Explanatory Note