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Form 16 - Form of declaration to be made by the companion of a voter with |
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| I, A.B., of ........................., having been requested to assist C.D. ([in the case of a |
| | | | person with disabilities voting as proxy add] voting as proxy for M.N.) whose number |
| | 5 | | on the register is ............... to record his vote in the referendum now being held in |
| | | | this voting area hereby declare that (I am entitled to vote as a voter at that |
| | | | referendum) (I am the *...................... of the said voter and have attained the age of |
| | | | 18 years), and that I have not previously assisted any person with a disability |
| | | | (except E.F., of .....................) to vote in that referendum. |
| | 10 | | *State the relationship of the companion to the voter. |
| | | | (Signed) A.B. .......................................... |
| | | | Date ........................................................ |
| | | | | | | | I, the undersigned, being the presiding officer for the .............. polling station in the |
| | 15 | | [insert name of voting area] hereby certify that the above declaration, having been |
| | | | first read to the above-named declarant, was signed by the declarant in my |
| | | | | | | | (Signed) G.H. ............................................ |
| | | | [Date ...........................................................] |
| | 20 | | ............................ minutes past .................... o’clock [am] [pm] |
| | | | | | | | NOTE: (1) If the person making the above declaration knowingly and wilfully |
| | | | makes therein a statement false in a material particular, he or she will be guilty of |
| | | | | | 25 | | (2) A voter with disabilities is a voter who has made a declaration under rule 30(2) |
| | | | that he or she is so incapacitated by blindness or other disability, or by an inability |
| | | | to read, as to be unable to vote without assistance. |
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Absent voting in the referendum |
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1 | In this Part of this Schedule— |
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“anonymous entry”, in relation to a register of electors, is to be read in |
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accordance with section 9B of the 1983 Act; |
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“European Parliamentary Elections Regulations” means the European |
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Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/293); |
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“peer” means a peer who is a member of the House of Lords; |
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“registration officer” has the meaning given in section 8 of the 1983 Act; |
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“relevant register” means— |
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(a) | a register of parliamentary electors, or |
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(b) | in relation to a peer— |
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(i) | a register of local government electors, or |
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(ii) | a register of peers maintained under section 3 of the |
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Representation of the People Act 1985 (peers resident |
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outside the United Kingdom); |
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“the relevant regulations”— |
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(a) | in relation to England and Wales, means the Representation |
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of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 |
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(S.I. 2001/341) as applied by Schedule 4; |
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(b) | in relation to Scotland, means the Representation of the |
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People (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/497) as so |
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“the RPA 2000” means the Representation of the People Act 2000. |
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Manner of voting in the referendum |
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2 (1) | This paragraph applies to determine the manner of voting in England and |
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Wales or Scotland of a person entitled to vote in the referendum. |
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(2) | The person may vote in person at the polling station allotted to him or her |
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under the referendum rules, unless the person is entitled to vote by post or |
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by proxy in the referendum. |
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(3) | The person may vote by post if the person is entitled to vote by post in the |
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(4) | If the person is entitled to vote by proxy in the referendum, the person may |
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so vote unless, before a ballot paper has been issued for the person to vote |
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by proxy, the person applies at the polling station allotted to him or her |
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under the referendum rules for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in |
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person, in which case he or she may vote in person there. |
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(a) | the person is not entitled to vote by post or by proxy in the |
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(b) | the person cannot reasonably be expected to go in person to the |
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polling station allotted to him or her under the referendum rules by |
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reason of the particular circumstances of his or her employment, |
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either as a constable or by the counting officer, on the date of the poll |
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for a purpose connected with the referendum, |
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| he or she may vote in person at any polling station. |
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(6) | Nothing in this paragraph applies to a person to whom section 7 of the 1983 |
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Act (mental patients who are not detained offenders) applies and who is |
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liable, by virtue of any enactment, to be detained in the mental hospital in |
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question, whether the person is registered by virtue of that provision or not; |
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and such a person may vote— |
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