Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations, 1953
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1953/1108 |
| Year | 1953 |
1953 No. 1108
The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations, 195324thApril 1953
30thJuly 1953
In pursuance of the powers conferred on me by section forty-two and subsection (5) of section one hundred and seventy-one of the Representation of the People Act, 1949(a), I hereby make the following Regulations:—
1.—(1) For paragraph (2) of Regulation 25 of the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations, 1950(b) (which Regulation relates to applications to be treated as an absent voter), there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
"(2) An application to be so treated shall be disregarded for the purposes of an election if it is received by the registration officer after the twelfth day before the day of the poll at that election:
Provided that an application on the grounds of the applicant's employment on the day of the poll by a returning officer or as a constable may be allowed after the said twelfth day.".
(2) For paragraph (3) of the said Regulation 25 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
"(3) An application to be no longer so treated may be disregarded for the purposes of an election if it is received by the registration officer after the twelfth day before the day of the poll at that election.".
2. After paragraph (4) of Regulation 26 of the said Regulations (which Regulation relates to the record and list of absent voters) there shall be added the following paragraph:—
"(5) As soon as practicable after the preparation of the absent voters list, the registration officer shall, on request and without fee, supply to each candidate or his election agent a copy of the absent voters list:
(a) 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68.
(b) S.I. 1950/1255; Rev. XX, p. 105; 1950 II, p. 609.
Provided that if such a request is made before any issue of ballot papers to those entitled to vote by post, the registration officer shall supply a copy of the said list, or a copy of so much of the said list as relates to that issue, before that issue.".
3.—(1) For paragraph (3) of Regulation 30 of the said Regulations (which Regulation relates to the cancellation and disregard of proxy appointments) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
"(3) An application for the issue of a proxy paper shall be disregarded for the purposes of an election if it is received by the registration officer after the twelfth day before the day of the poll at that election.".
(2) For paragraph (4) of the said...
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