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LORDS AMENDMENT TO A COMMONS AMENDMENT
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european parliamentary and local elections (Pilots) BILL |
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[The page and line references are to HL Bill 14 as first printed for the Lords.] |
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| Leave out Clause 1 and insert the following new Clause— |
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| “Piloting conduct at European and local elections |
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| (1) | An election to which this section applies (a pilot election) must be held— |
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| (a) | only by postal voting, and (for that purpose) |
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| (b) | in accordance with provision made by the Secretary of State by |
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| (2) | These are the elections to which this section applies— |
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| (a) | the European Parliamentary general election of 2004 in a pilot |
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| (b) | a local government election in England and Wales if the poll at such |
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| an election is combined with the poll at an election mentioned in |
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| (3) | These are the pilot regions— |
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| (4) | Postal voting is voting where no polling station is used and a person |
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| entitled to vote in person or by proxy must deliver the ballot paper by post |
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| or by such other means as is specified in a pilot order. |
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| (a) | may modify or disapply any provision made by or under a relevant |
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| (b) | may contain such consequential, incidental, supplementary or |
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| transitional provision or savings (including provision amending, |
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| replacing, suspending or revoking provision made by or under any |
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| enactment) as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate; |
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| (c) | may make different provision for different purposes.” |
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| The Commons agree to this Amendment with the following Amendment— |
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| “(c) | Yorkshire and the Humber; |
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| The Lords disagree to Commons Amendment 1A to Lords Amendment 1, for the following |
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1B | Because it is appropriate to make provision for no more than two pilot regions, as |
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| recommended by the Electoral Commission. |
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1C | Leave out lines 16 to 18 and insert— |
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| ‘(c) | Yorkshire and the Humber; |
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| ( ) | Postal voting is voting where no polling station is used and a person |
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| entitled to vote in person or by proxy must deliver by post or by such other |
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| means as is specified in a pilot order— |
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| (a) | the ballot paper, and |
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| (b) | the completed declaration of identity form. |
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| ( ) | The declaration of identity form is a form which is delivered along with the |
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| ballot paper and which is completed by being signed— |
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| (a) | by the person to whom the ballot paper is addressed, and |
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| (b) | by a witness to that signing whose name and address are clearly |
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| | “but, in the case of either region specified in paragraph (c) or (d) above, a |
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| pilot may only take place if it is specifically recommended by the Electoral |
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