HC Deb 27 February 1985 vol 74 cc416-7

Amendments made: No. 19, in page 9, line 25, leave out 'election in Great Britain or at a particular' and insert 'or'.

No. 20, in page 9, line 26, after 'application' insert '(subject to subsection (5) below)'. No. 21, in page 9, line 36, leave out from beginning to end of line 26 on page 10 and insert—

  1. '(2) Subsection (1) above does not apply to a person who is included in the record kept under section 6 of this Act in respect of elections of the kind in question, but such a person may, in respect of a particular parliamentary or local government election, apply to the registration officer—
    1. (a) for his ballot paper to be sent to a different address in the United Kingdom or,
    2. (b) to vote by proxy,
    if he is shown in the record so kept as voting by post at elections of the kind in question.
  2. (3) The registration officer shall grant an application under subsection (2) above if it meets the prescribed requirements.'
No. 22, in page 10, line 30, after 'of' insert '(i)'.

No. 23, in page 10, line 30, leave out 'this section' and insert 'subsection (1) above'.

No. 24, in page 10, line 31, leave out from 'granted' to 'together' in line 34.

No. 25, in page 10, line 35, after 'them' insert 'in their applications'.

No. 26, in page 10, line 36, at end insert— '(ii) those who are for the time being shown in the record kept under section 6 of this Act as voting; by post at elections of the kind in question (excluding those so shown whose applications under subsection (2) above to vote by proxy at the election have been granted), together with the addresses provided by them in their applications under that section or, as the case may be, subsection (2) above as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent, and'. No. 27, in page 10, line 40, leave out 'included' and insert 'shown'.

No. 28, in page 10, line 44, leave out 'in Northern Ireland'.—[Mr. Mellor.]

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