The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012

[^key-e6010e2e37b0e3ae9e8df6bcb7a66eb7]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(s)

[^key-cfc5d0ba9c9d9e46d87ad9a925de3783]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(t)

[^key-695efdcb183178d1565cd7fcf9ac1fba]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(u)

[^key-d484a5890a061a76f8c69d0b10ba29e1]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(v)

[^key-16bad4f2d2cbf6ba4b91d21ce9178220]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(w)

[^key-3851a1f1e541fd690b335c8fd390f77c]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(x)

[^key-06eea2bf574338362c771160bc9f1846]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(z)

[^key-f99a1036de293f27b227a5e5d061c6c8]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(aa)

[^key-0b242745e57b224ca6f7d166fa7de0c8]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(bb)

[^key-67baed75a48d80f8aeac935d85b72bf0]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(cc)

[^key-19d42143ca2b6e67bc375d21891cd425]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(ee)

[^key-d610d231f874d3a16cf008164aadbe88]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(ff)

[^key-4b10573f35451b71074f059daf9479ac]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(gg)

[^key-16c09493ac08920ce61639659bff6604]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(hh)

[^key-d0fb69425fc5bdcf7bc79a456ad541b8]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(ii)

[^key-92ff44c78e82fb7390dc6b5b939f3662]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(jj)

[^key-6500baa74a5b1a6b737940b60f7d4cc7]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(kk)

[^key-f0a9fc4de12a29fc299bfef6e6acf099]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(ll)

[^key-4db5834856270f5904cefba2d51efca5]: Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(mm)

[^key-71cd075e7b67de298a35069f668b5327]: Words in art. 75(2)(b)(i) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(4)(a)

[^key-186b9e791b11d94822f096d2d0f685aa]: Words in art. 75(2)(b)(i) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(4)(b)

[^key-02b8f24dfb8817e3091b0fef24e284e3]: Words in art. 77(2)(a)(i) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(5)(a)

[^key-9ad161edade4e4567a42a030cd383a8b]: Words in art. 77(2)(a)(i) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(5)(b)

[^key-812a463f26fbb6c329e83c62dcdc4952]: Sch. 2 para. 29(1A) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs.1(2), 8(6)(b)(ii)

[^key-f2b8879b72dac12be414af9d7fcc88b9]: Sch. 2 para. 29(3) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(b)(iii)

[^key-1e4eb9c5d93605ff6c77f83c07888165]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 29(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(b)(i)

[^key-f4830ffb53120b00520109342045608a]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 34 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(c)

[^key-db57eecdd8cdbf9f425fcd689849c83a]: Sch. 2 para. 43(3A) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(d)(ii)

[^key-31c3acccb9df15eb85e544ca266af1ed]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 43(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(d)(i)(aa)

[^key-598e1990515d3df9ac04c667ac9abd7e]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 43(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(d)(i)(bb)

[^key-def7fe5b9effd26c94b20dacc451058d]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 43(4) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(d)(iii)

[^key-02c995a527fc129c629e20c43c30f095]: Sch. 2 para. 43(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225),regs. 1(2), 8(6)(d)(iv)

[^key-cf213344ee1554ce97f6c66dcf7cdd3d]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 46(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(f)

[^key-606f7a390cf8af96afb38ace6701697f]: Sch. 2 para. 55(6)-(9) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(h)(ii)

[^key-0128316e9eb7b1eee62b5c43f15a5bc4]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 55(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(h)(i)

[^key-58c6fa8d7958d8a0494b26a3a70c6ca8]: Sch. 2 para. 57(1)(g) and word inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(i)(ii)

[^key-22218d43de9b6b39b3f9b25653f71b6d]: Word in Sch. 2 para. 57(1)(e) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(i)

[^key-12c807f765e65777f2b85dcc07b878a9]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 59(1)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(j)(i)

[^key-fe68b16880a5c8bf75f63f470d52d945]: Word in Sch. 2 para. 59(1)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(j)(ii)(aa)

[^key-6a968c464b529091a0b1f16d0d416a7a]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 59(1)(c) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(j)(ii)(bb)

[^key-4c5bbf39756ec14104ccbae2b0dc52c2]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 59(4) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(j)(iii)

[^key-277b5f597190ed91e4c42f8ee7100fd4]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 59A(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225),regs. 1(2), 8(6)(k)(ii)

[^key-158e6b10c34da3386546763699603725]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 59A(1)(a) renumbered as Sch. 2 para. 59A(1)(a)(i) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(k)(iii)(aa)

[^key-ed06c1bd84b32e54923485b59f2c135c]: Sch. 2 para. 59A(1)(a)(ii)(iii) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(k)(iii)(bb)

[^key-96b77f20d93f9c948045c1145603a5a0]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 59A(1)(c) renumbered as Sch. 2 para. 59A(1)(c)(i) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(k)(iv)(aa)

[^key-2ac062f265b099ae3a07c2837bf052e9]: Sch. 2 para. 59A(1)(c)(ii) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(k)(iv)(bb)

[^key-0bea1dc449103fab2f59c7e0fcfc51de]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 59A(2)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(k)(v)

[^key-3e8a7d004dfdc09b6e6c5051265333ba]: Sch. 2 para. 60 Form 2 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 Pt. 1

[^key-ea44f90c51f438556404f349b2d3ff1f]: Sch. 2 para. 60 Form 4 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 Pt. 1

[^key-bc7cf341a93c6fb05e884b9f4f286701]: Sch. 2 para. 60 Form 5 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 Pt. 1

[^key-f000d95d580129bdb302f2df5415bddc]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 27(1)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(8)(a)(i)

[^key-48763538a4a97181a8237690fc3d6c6a]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 27(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(8)(a)(ii)

[^key-5eb1b1f0ee4604fb46450fa1a0cb11b4]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 27(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(8)(b)

[^key-30d2ddd1e3d8bdb64b344417bcc2628d]: Sch. 10 para. 3(1)(b)(v) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(10)(b)

[^key-ec7000231753d0be84e45bb242753ff4]: Words in Sch. 10 para. 3(1)(b)(iv) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(10)(a)

[^key-327ab78df81f5b7cd6a231610c2a49b0]: Sch. 2 para. 16C(5) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 12(a)

[^key-cebb3ef496eebd5791345f8a2a0cd222]: Sch. 2 para. 16C(6) omitted (16.1.2024) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 12(b)

[^key-dc0fb5b2a6c00235cdbd5cc11c7ba4f3]: Word in Sch. 2 para. 16C(7) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 12(c)(i)

[^key-603cd6581c85b7bcde4ec3014677014f]: Sch. 2 para. 16C(7)(ca) inserted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/43), regs. 1(1), 24(2)

[^key-2c446e6d7df39605e0d694698b520e8b]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 16C(7)(b) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 12(c)(ii)

[^key-1b674980b329dd683c2c04a006dc8f2d]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 16C(7)(c) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 12(c)(ii)

[^key-a02ee8de58a64619b8c3fe22abada7f6]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 16C(7)(d) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 12(c)(iii)

[^key-1d09b69847e4655b5cd2572e45e25716]: Words in Sch. 3 rule 37 table substituted (31.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1147), regs. 1(3)(d), 17(7)(b)(i) (with Sch. 2 paras. 18, 21(1))

[^key-1507d103b06085200a720822167a67a3]: Words in Sch. 3 rule 37 table omitted (31.1.2024) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1147), regs. 1(3)(d), 17(7)(b)(ii) (with Sch. 2 paras. 18, 21(1))

[^key-629672df236e24c19c19c2f3301d72ae]: Words in Sch. 3 rule 37(1)(b) inserted (31.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1147), regs. 1(3)(d), 17(7)(a) (with Sch. 2 paras. 18, 21(1))

[^key-4f7e0ab9a16d00cae8cf90cb629a3a09]: Art. 18(4) substituted (31.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1147), regs. 1(3)(d), 17(3)(b) (with Sch. 2 paras. 18, 19(2))

[^key-fa4c0a60d4ae39258c8d703871e9c2bf]: Sch. 2 para. 3(10) inserted (31.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1147), regs. 1(3)(d), 17(5)(a)(iii) (as substituted by S.I. 2023/1406, regs. 1(5), 19(2)(a)(ii)) (with Sch. 2 paras. 24-26)

[^key-f7d257d8d6e0a4e0573bfb9e67e9c7a3]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(4)(a) inserted (31.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1147), regs. 1(3)(d), 17(5)(a)(i) (as amended by S.I. 2023/1406, regs. 1(5), 19(2)(a)(i)) (with Sch. 2 paras. 24-26)

[^key-2c0c1835a59c376690f275c884550be4]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(5) inserted (31.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1147), regs. 1(3)(d), 17(5)(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 paras. 24-26)

[^key-7f30be73123e21731eef0421cb7485ac]: Sch. 2 para. 4(6) inserted (31.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1147), regs. 1(3)(d), 17(5)(b)(iii) (with Sch. 2 paras. 24-26)

[^key-8d623f5f969c12c2b5e96e7487640b06]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 4(2)(a) inserted (31.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1147), regs. 1(3)(d), 17(5)(b)(i)(aa) (with Sch. 2 paras. 24-26)

[^key-971bc051a35d752026a06c0cbbe56f98]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 4(3)(a) inserted (31.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1147), regs. 1(3)(d), 17(5)(b)(ii) (with Sch. 2 paras. 24-26)

[^key-83cb1d225ded0287381eeabb713f5df4]: Sch. 2 para. 6(5)-(7) substituted for Sch. 2 para. 6(5) (31.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1147), regs. 1(3)(d), 17(5)(c) (with Sch. 2 paras. 18, 19(2))

[^key-95f535daa20a5ceb0240766147b8efc7]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 7(6)(a) inserted (31.1.2024) by S.I. 2023/1147, reg. 17(5)(ca)(i) (as inserted by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(5), 19(2)(b))

[^key-65cb201b3b23a9c6ecde41e527977c0b]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 7(7)(a)(ii) inserted (31.1.2024) by S.I. 2023/1147, reg. 17(5)(ca)(ii) (as inserted by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(5), 19(2)(b))

[^key-92fa89a8c16b2d74d59647cdae3cfa16]: Sch. 2 para. 7(14) inserted (31.1.2024) by S.I. 2023/1147, reg. 17(5)(ca)(iii) (as inserted by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(5), 19(2)(b))

[^key-32991bd267ae50142fbb52ed55380cce]: Art. 13(1)(ee) renumbered as art. 13(1)(ea) (E.W.) (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 22(2)(a)

[^key-dffb9bdf408205520db898cfc5ee2bad]: Words in art. 13(1)(ea) inserted (E.W.) (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 22(2)(b)

[^key-c68c4d33ef3d64d954f4dd2435202b05]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 1(2) inserted (E.W.) (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 22(3)

[^key-8ec2828f74510bf42b5cfdaa9c48e197]: Words in art. 34(4) Table 1 omitted (21.3.2024) by virtue of The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/414), arts. 1(2), 13(a)

[^key-9684f1278ebd0c9695f6832d1f927d90]: Words in art. 35(2) Table 2 omitted (21.3.2024) by virtue of The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/414), arts. 1(2), 13(b)

[^key-0fe73709cde85ae83abc436aefac99df]: Sch. 7 para. 14A inserted (26.3.2024) by The Representation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/428), regs. 1(1)(b), 4(3) (with reg. 6)

[^key-9e324460404023161bed0f3a03931b88]: Words in art. 34(4) Table 1 omitted (26.3.2024) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/428), regs. 1(1)(b), 5 (with reg. 6)

[^key-69f215848a720f3e068b7d84041eb671]: Words in art. 35(2) Table 2 omitted (26.3.2024) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/428), regs. 1(1)(b), 5 (with reg. 6)

[^key-15c412c33c6f5f832a773c64d9c3e4db]: Art. 18A inserted (2.5.2024) by The Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections, Recall Petitions and Referendums (Ballot Secrecy, Candidates and Undue Influence) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1141), regs. 1(3), 4(2)

[^key-a3bb7971993c153c6b92273f1c8c0334]: Art. 2(1) applied (with modifications) (7.5.2024) by The Representation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1150), regs. 1(2), 29(2)

[^key-b0b2bf0f1350f127b81312e46e724caf]: Art. 3A inserted (7.5.2024) by The Representation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1150), regs. 1(2), 36(3)

[^key-574edea90a7a0b5b40715c55c2a4abe6]: Sch. 2 para. 60 Form 1 substituted (7.5.2024) by The Representation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1150), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2

[^key-d50665458b59d5ecdf50cb72e59f45c4]: Sch. A1 inserted (7.5.2024) by The Representation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1150), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1

[^key-81eb76643c1eecf5ccac9b475ccb2e85]: Words in art. 2(1) substituted (7.5.2024) by The Representation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1150), regs. 1(2), 36(2)

[^key-55fb0a4fa5fa00fbd4a3a910a5f24b54]: Art. 4(4)(b)(iii) substituted (7.5.2024) by The Representation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1150), regs. 1(2), 36(4)

[^key-b485e6864236f52c9c641d5d78d8dce0]: Sch. A1 para. 4 applied (7.5.2024) by The Representation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1150), regs. 1(2), 23

[^key-9fdd96b08cf75eeb04e13381c107ccae]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 16B(2) substituted (30.10.2024) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/991), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 18(2)(b) (with art. 7)

[^key-fabd0f8dec35caa9c4e61e67c736e1a0]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 16B(4) substituted (30.10.2024) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/991), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 18(2)(b) (with art. 7)

[^key-fe7726a88417c50e1b20abdf415fe6cf]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 16B(5) substituted (30.10.2024) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/991), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 18(2)(b) (with art. 7)

[^key-e3203a06b5c768f8f2c5223da67f3dad]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 16B(7) substituted (30.10.2024) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/991), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 18(2)(b) (with art. 7)

[^key-7665a0a53d882c2efa33e57d7b544ef3]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 16B(8) substituted (30.10.2024) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/991), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 18(2)(b) (with art. 7)

[^key-3a02070bce360b35e1ee0a48850504ac]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 16B(9) substituted (30.10.2024) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/991), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 18(2)(b) (with art. 7)

[^key-d5711faee3b2b4d081f00e19d69e4dd9]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 16B(1) substituted (30.10.2024) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/991), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 18(2)(a) (with art. 7)

[^key-d8f21d6f3e8f7b0aebc735f9bdf2c830]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 16D(7) substituted (30.10.2024) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/991), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 18(3) (with art. 7)

[^key-70f42739aadaede061f65a4334635b6f]: Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 11 substituted (4.12.2024) by The Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1275), reg. 1(1), Sch. 6 (with reg. 1(5)-(7))

[^key-82cac682afd569cb5609b5bcb7225832]: Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 13 substituted (4.12.2024) by The Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1275), reg. 1(1), Sch. 6 (with reg. 1(5)-(7))

[^key-ebc992182314cb8bc89e4c72fee3583b]: Sch. 2 para. 15(6)(e)(iii) inserted (21.3.2025) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/229), arts. 1(1), 3(c)

[^key-18987568110bed9b49d560c7c84e8b78]: Word in Sch. 2 para. 15(6)(e)(i) omitted (21.3.2025) by virtue of The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/229), arts. 1(1), 3(a)

[^key-8692d21987bb069a46b417954b49cd60]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 15(6)(e)(ii) inserted (21.3.2025) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/229), arts. 1(1), 3(b)

[^key-46291282b400a87d89ea7ff57eb4f505]: Words in art. 2(1) omitted (W.) (18.7.2025) by virtue of The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 11 para. 4(2)(a) (with art. 1(4))

[^key-2a2fe16714ff96b85e15d43a18cbcf49]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (W.) (18.7.2025) by The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 11 para. 4(2)(b) (with art. 1(4))

[^key-6899539e68c764a1ec41eaed4cb4d6d1]: Words in art. 2(2A) substituted (W.) (18.7.2025) by The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 11 para. 4(3) (with art. 1(4))

[^key-64c63bd120a4682e38e4d45ddefc4409]: Words in art. 13A substituted (W.) (18.7.2025) by The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 11 para. 4(4) (with art. 1(4))

[^key-34af4fc23017a2e7757a347c91c1b2e7]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 59(2A) substituted (W.) (18.7.2025) by The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 11 para. 4(5) (with art. 1(4))

[^key-45d2a83246989a32966efe522fb7902d]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 47(1)(a) substituted (W.) (18.7.2025) by The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 11 para. 4(6)(a) (with art. 1(4))

[^key-7acf727d5384e52fcef9e3a1c0a1525b]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 47(1)(a) substituted (W.) (18.7.2025) by The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 11 para. 4(6)(b) (with art. 1(4))

[^key-095373707a688b90da7ece8cce052539]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 48 substituted (W.) (18.7.2025) by The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 11 para. 4(7) (with art. 1(4))

[^key-fc7236587a7d3a48a38a6cec0e950607]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 20(8)(a) substituted (5.2.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1331), regs. 2(3), 13(2)(a); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(n)

[^key-4814bac2088c306f01cb9999b5a1df1d]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 24(3)(a) substituted (5.2.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1331), regs. 2(3), 13(2)(b); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(n)

[^key-58cddce4c4445471dfaad4289a6d5e02]: Words in Sch. 10 para. 5(3)(a) substituted (5.2.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1331), regs. 2(3), 13(3); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(n)

Additional requirements referred to in paragraph 14(4)

15A

• (1) This paragraph applies to an application to vote by proxy which is made in the circumstances set out in paragraph 14(5A).

• (2) The application must (in addition to providing the information required by paragraph 14(2) and (3)) state—

• (a) where the applicant is self-employed, that fact;

• (b) where the applicant is employed, the name of the applicant’s employer;

• (c) that the reason provided in accordance with paragraph 14(3) relates to the applicant’s occupation, service or employment; and

• (d) the date on which the applicant became aware of that reason.

• (3) Sub-paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) apply unless the applicant is or will be registered as a service voter.

• (4) The application must be attested and signed—

• (a) where the applicant is self-employed, by a person who—

• (i) is aged 18 years or over;

• (ii) knows the applicant; and

• (iii) is not related to the applicant,

• (b) where the applicant is not self-employed, by the applicant’s employer or by another employee to whom this function is delegated by the employer.

• (5) The person attesting an application under sub-paragraph (4) (the “attestor”) must certify that the statements required by sub-paragraph (2) and the information required by paragraph 14(3) are true to the best of the attestor’s knowledge and belief.

• (6) The attestor must also state—

• (a) the attestor’s name and address; and

• (b) if the attestor is attesting where the applicant is self-employed, that the attestor is aged 18 years or over, and that the attestor knows, but is not related to, the applicant; or

• (c) if the attestor is attesting as or on behalf of the employer of the applicant, that the attestor is the employer or the position the attestor holds in the employment of that employer.

• (7) For the purposes of this paragraph—

• (a) one person (‘A’) is related to another (‘B’) if A is the spouse, civil partner, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child or grandchild of B;

• (b) “service voter” means a person who has made a service declaration in accordance with section 15 of the 1983 Act and is registered or entitled to be registered in pursuance of it.

Form of postal voting statement...

Time when postal ballot papers etc. are to be issued

Cancellation of postal ballot papers

42A

• (1) Where, after the nineteenth day before the date of the poll at a PCC election the registration officer grants a relevant application or receives a relevant notice, and the application or notice is not to be disregarded for the purposes of that election under paragraph 16, the registration officer must notify the local returning officer who must immediately cancel any postal ballot paper issued to the elector or proxy and, in the case of an application under paragraph 3(5)(a) or 7(6) (postal ballot paper to be sent to different address), must issue a replacement postal ballot paper.

• (2) Where a person returns a postal ballot paper that has been or is to be cancelled in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) (whether to the registration officer or the local returning officer), it must be dealt with as follows—

• (a) the ballot paper, together with any other ballot papers, postal voting statements or covering envelopes which are returned to the registration officer, must be given by the registration officer to the local returning officer;

• (b) any document returned in accordance with this sub-paragraph but not cancelled in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) must be immediately cancelled;

• (c) the local returning officer, as soon as practicable after receiving and cancelling those documents, must make up those documents in a separate packet and must seal the packet, and if on any subsequent occasion documents are returned in accordance with this sub-paragraph, the sealed packet must be opened, the additional cancelled documents included in it and the packet must be again made up and sealed.

• (3) The local returning officer must enter in a list kept for the purpose of recording postal ballot papers cancelled under this paragraph (“the list of cancelled postal ballot papers”)—

• (a) the name and number of the elector as stated in the register of electors (or, in the case of an elector who has an anonymous entry, their electoral number alone);

• (b) the number of the cancelled postal ballot paper;

• (c) the number of any replacement postal ballot paper issued under sub-paragraph (1); and

• (d) where the postal voter is a proxy, their name and address.

• (4) Paragraphs 36 (except sub-paragraph (2)), 38, 39 and 40 apply to a replacement postal ballot paper issued under sub-paragraph (1).

• (5) For the purposes of this paragraph—

• (a) a relevant application is an application under—

• (i) paragraph 3(5)(a) (postal ballot paper to be sent to different address),

• (ii) paragraph 3(5)(b) (voting by proxy by person recorded as voting by post),

• (iii) paragraph 5(4) (appointment of proxy),

• (iv) paragraph 7(6) (application from postal proxy voter for postal ballot paper to be sent to different address), or

• (v) a provision mentioned in regulation 78A(1)(a) to (g) of the 2001 Regulations that would otherwise have effect in relation to the PCC election by virtue of paragraph 4, ...

• (vi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (b) a relevant notice is a notice under—

• (i) paragraph 5(6) (cancellation of proxy appointment), or

• (ii) paragraph 6(10) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 ... that would otherwise have effect in relation to a PCC election by virtue of paragraph 4 of this Schedule.

• (6) In computing the period of nineteen days for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

• (a) a Saturday or Sunday,

• (b) Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday, or

• (c) a date appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning,

is to be disregarded.

Notification of a rejected postal voting statement

59A

• (1) Where a relevant absent voter appears on the list compiled under paragraph 55(4) , or on the list compiled under paragraph 55(6) with an indication in accordance with paragraph 55(6)(d) that a postal ballot paper was included in rejected postal voting documents,—

• (a) the registration officer responsible for the personal identifiers record that contains information in respect of the absent voter must notify the absent voter (and the elector if the absent voter is a proxy) that the ballot paper concerned was rejected because

• (i) the local returning officer was not satisfied that the postal voting statement was duly completed

• (ii) the postal ballot paper was handed in at a polling station and the relevant officer—

• (aa) was not satisfied that the return of postal voting documents form had been completed properly and provided the required information,

• (bb) suspected that the person handing it in had handed in postal ballot papers on behalf of more than the permitted number of electors, or

• (cc) suspected that the person handing it in was a political campaigner who was committing an offence under paragraph 9A;

• (iii) the postal ballot paper was a left behind postal voting document;

• (b) the registration officer must send the notification within the period of three months beginning with the date of the poll at which the ballot paper was rejected; and

• (c) the notification must include information as to which of the specified reasons referred to

• (i) in paragraph 55(5) applied to the postal voting statement

• (ii) paragraph 55(7) applied to the absent voter’s postal ballot paper.

• (2) The registration officer is not obliged to send a notification—

• (a) to any person who is no longer shown as voting by post in the relevant record at the time the registration officer proposes to send the notification; or

• (b) where the registration officer suspects that an offence may have been committed in relation to the postal ballot paper, the postal voting statement or the absent voter’s registration as an elector except where that offence is committed by a political campaigner under paragraph 9A.

• (3) A notification issued under sub-paragraph (1) may also include any other information that the registration officer considers appropriate, but a notification must not include information held on the personal identifiers record.

• (4) For the purposes of this paragraph and paragraph 59B, a “relevant absent voter” means an absent voter who—

• (a) appears on the postal voters list by virtue of paragraph 4(2)(a), or

• (b) appears as a proxy on the list of proxies by virtue of paragraph 4(3)(a).

Requirement to provide fresh signatures following rejection of a postal voting statement

59B

• (1) This paragraph applies where a relevant absent voter is notified under paragraph 59A that the signature does not match the example held on the personal identifiers record, and the absent voter continues to be shown on the record kept under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 ... as voting by post.

• (2) Where this paragraph applies, the registration officer may require the absent voter to provide a fresh signature for the personal identifiers record in accordance with regulation 60B(2) to (11) of the 2001 Regulations ....

Combination of polls: National Assembly for Wales

13A

Where the poll at a PCC election is to be taken together with the poll at a Senedd election under article 16 of the 2025 Order, the modifications to the PCC elections rules set out in Part 3, and the forms in Part 4, of Schedule 4 have effect subject to the modifications and exceptions set out in Part 5 of that Schedule.

Further provision about persons involved in conduct of PCC elections

Validity of PCC election

Loan of equipment for PCC elections

PART5 — Application of Parts 3 and 4 to PCC elections combined with Senedd elections

Introduction

46

• (1) In the application of Part 3 to a combined election—

• (a) a reference to a relevant election is to be construed as a reference to a Senedd election;

• (b) a reference to a counting officer or a relevant referendum is to be disregarded; and

• (c) a provision having effect only in relation to England is to be disregarded.

• (2) In paragraph (1) the reference to a “combined election” is a reference to a PCC election taken together with a Senedd election.

Modification of paragraph 13 (interpretation)

47

• (1) In paragraph 13—

• (a) for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

(2) In this Part of this Schedule and in any provisions of the PCC elections rules modified by this Part— (a) “ Senedd constituency” and “Senedd electoral region” mean a Senedd constituency or (as the case may be) electoral region as provided by section 2 of the Government of Wales Act 2006; (b) “combined polls” means the polls to be taken together by virtue of article 16 of the 2025 Order; and (c) a reference to the relevant returning officer is a reference to the returning officer exercising functions by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the 2025 Order (as it applies to combined polls by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4A to that Order).

• (b) omit sub-paragraphs (3) and (4).

Modification of paragraphs 16 and 17 (corresponding number lists)

48

• (1) In paragraph 16, in paragraph (1) of inserted rule 19A (corresponding number lists: proceedings on issue and receipt of ballot papers combined) for “paragraph 29 of Schedule 2 to this Order and regulation 65 of the 2001 Regulations” substitute “paragraph 29(3) of Schedule 2 to this Order and paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the 2007 Order”.

• (2) In paragraph 17, in inserted paragraph (A1) of rule 20 (corresponding number lists: proceedings on issue and receipt of ballot papers not combined) for “paragraph 29 of Schedule 2 to this Order and regulation 65 of the 2001 Regulations” substitute “paragraph 29(3) of Schedule 2 to this Order and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 2025 Order”.

Modification of paragraph 19 (notice of poll)

49

In paragraph 19, for inserted paragraph (3A) of rule 24 (notice of poll) substitute—

(3A) A notice published under paragraph (3) must, in addition— (a) state that the poll for the PCC election is to be taken together with the poll for the Senedd election; (b) specify the Senedd constituency or electoral region for which the Senedd election is held; (c) where polls for the elections are to be taken together in only part of the voting area, specify that part.

Modification of paragraph 35 (correction of errors on day of the poll)

50

In paragraph 35—

• (a) for inserted paragraph (2) of rule 45 (correction of errors on day of poll) substitute—

(2) Where the poll at a PCC election is taken together with a Senedd election the same list may be used for each election and, where it is so used, an entry in that list is to be taken to mean that ballot papers were issued in respect of each election, unless the list identifies the election for which a ballot paper was issued.

• (b) omit paragraph (3).

Modification of paragraph 42 (the first count)

51

In paragraph 42 (the ... count), in inserted paragraph (1C) of rule 52 after “parliamentary constituency” insert “ Senedd constituency,”.

Countermand or abandonment of poll on death of candidate

52

After paragraph 44 (rule 66: delivery of documents) insert—

(44A) In rule 69 (countermand or abandonment of poll on death of candidate) after paragraph (5) insert— - (5A) Neither the countermand of the notice of the poll at the PCC election nor the direction that the poll be abandoned affects the poll at the Senedd election.

7A

• (1) Any matter that is reasonably attributable to the candidate’s disability, to the extent that the expenses in respect of the matter are reasonably incurred.

• (2) In this paragraph, “disability” has the same meaning as in section 6 of the Equality Act 2010.

Attendance at the ... count

The ... count

Procedure at conclusion of the ... count

The ... calculation and resolution of equality

Attendance at the ... count

The ... count

Modification of paragraph 42 (the ... count)

Combination of polls: Senedd Cymru

Additional requirements: applications for the appointment of a proxy on grounds relating to voter identification

14A

• (1) This paragraph applies where—

• (a) an application under paragraph 5(4) for the appointment of a proxy for the purposes of voting by proxy at a particular PCC election is made by a person (“A”);

• (b) A has previously appointed a person (“B”) as A’s proxy for those purposes;

• (c) at the time of making the application, B’s appointment remains in force; and

• (d) A’s application is made on grounds relating to voter identification which relate to B.

• (2) A’s application must—

• (a) state that this paragraph applies, and

• (b) state, to the best of A’s knowledge and belief, which of the conditions set out in paragraph 16A apply in respect of B.

• (3) In sub-paragraph (1)—

• (a) in paragraph (a), the reference to an application under paragraph 5(4) includes such an application which is included in an application under paragraph 3(2);

• (b) in paragraph (d), “grounds relating to voter identification” has the meaning given in paragraph 16A.

Additional requirements referred to in paragraph 14(5A)

Additional requirements for an application under paragraph 3(2) for a proxy vote: grounds related to voter identification

15B

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), this paragraph applies to an application under paragraph 3(2) to which paragraph 16(2C) applies.

• (2) This paragraph does not apply where—

• (a) the application under paragraph 3(2) includes an application under paragraph 5(4), and

• (b) paragraph 14A(2) applies to that application under paragraph 5(4).

• (3) Where this paragraph applies, the application under paragraph 3(2) must (in addition to any other information required by this Part)—

• (a) state that it is made on grounds relating to voter identification, and

• (b) states which of the conditions set out in paragraph 16A apply to the applicant.

• (4) In this paragraph, “grounds relating to voter identification” has the meaning given in paragraph 16A.

Grounds relating to voter identification

16A

• (1) For the purposes of this Part, an application is made on grounds relating to voter identification if it is made because the following apply to B—

• (a) condition 1, 2, 3 or 4, and

• (b) except where B has an anonymous entry on the register of electors, condition 5.

• (2) In this paragraph, “B” means—

• (a) the applicant, where—

• (i) the application is made under paragraph 3(2), and

• (ii) paragraph 14A(2) does not apply to the application made under paragraph 5(4) which is included in that application under paragraph 3(2);

• (b) otherwise, the person already appointed as the applicant’s proxy at the time the application is made.

• (3) Condition 1 is that—

• (a) immediately before the deadline, B has a specified document which B intends to use to vote in person at a PCC election, and

• (b) after that deadline, that document is—

• (i) lost, stolen, destroyed or damaged so as to be no longer usable as a specified document for the purposes of that election, or

• (ii) sent by B to another person to prove B’s identity and B considers that it is unlikely to be returned to B on or before the day of poll at that election.

• (4) Condition 2 is that—

• (a) at a time during the period of 3 months ending with the deadline, B has applied for a specified document,

• (b) immediately before the deadline, B has not received that document, and

• (c) the application for the specified document has not been refused or withdrawn.

• (5) Condition 3 is that—

• (a) B has an anonymous entry on the register of electors, and

• (b) either—

• (i) B has not been issued with an anonymous elector’s document, or

• (ii) B has been issued with an anonymous elector’s document, and after the deadline B is allocated an electoral number which is different from the one shown on that document other than as a result of an application under section 9B of the 1983 Act (anonymous registration).

• (6) Condition 4 is that—

• (a) B has a temporary electoral identity document which is valid for use on the day of poll at a PCC election, and

• (b) before B is able to vote in person at such an election using that document, proceedings at B’s polling station are adjourned in accordance with rule 46 of Part 3 of Schedule 3 (adjournment of poll in case of riot).

• (7) Condition 5 is that B does not have access to another specified document.

• (8) In this paragraph—

• (a) “anonymous elector’s document” and “temporary electoral identity document” have the meanings given in regulation 3(1) of the Voter Identification Regulations 2022;