HC Deb 27 February 1985 vol 74 cc417-8

Amendments made: No. 30, in page 12, line 41, leave out 'of proxies entitled to vote by post at' and insert 'kept under subsection (7) below in respect of'. No. 31, in page 13, line 7, leave out 'and' and insert 'or (b) the address provided by the applicant in his application as the address to which his ballot paper is to be sent is not in the same area as the elector's qualifying address or, where the elector is registered in pursuance of an overseas elector's declaration, the address specified in the declaration in accordance with section 2(4) of this Act'. No. 32, in page 13, line 8, leave out '(b)' and insert 'and'.

No. 33, in page 13, line 8, at end insert— '(4A) For the purposes of this section, two addresses are in the same area only if—

  1. (a)both addresses are in the same parliamentary constituency in Greater London or in the same parliamentary constituency in a metropolitan county in England,
  2. (b)both addresses are in the same electoral division of a non-metropolitan county in England and, if either address is in a parish, both are in the same parish,
  3. (c)both addresses are in the same electoral division of a county in Wales and in the same community,
  4. (d)both addresses are in the same electoral division in Scotland, or
  5. (e) both addresses are in the same ward in Northern Ireland.'
No. 34, in page 13, line 15, after 'them', insert 'in their applications'

No. 35, in page 13, line 22, leave out 'in the case of an election in Great Britain'. No. 36, in page 13, line 28, leave out from beginning to 'or' in line 34.

No. 37, in page 13, line 39, at end insert— '(6A) Where, in the case of a particular election, a person included in the record kept under subsection (5) above in respect of elections of the kind in question applies to the registration officer for his ballot paper to be sent to a different address in the United Kingdom, the registration officer shall grant the application if it meets the prescribed requirements' No. 38, in page 13, line 41, leave out '("the list of proxies entitled to vote by post")' No. 39, in page 13, line 42, after second 'of' insert '(a)'.

No. 40, in page 13, line 44, leave out from 'question' to 'together' in line 1 on page 14.

No. 41, in page 14, line 2, after 'them', insert 'in their applications under that subsection or, as the case may be, subsection (6A) above'. No. 42, in page 14, line 3, at end insert 'and (b) those whose applications under subsection (6) above have been granted in respect of the election concerned, together with the addresses provided by them in their applications as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent.' No. 43, in page 14, line 15, after '(a)', insert 'if he applies to the registration officer to be removed, (aa) where he was included in the record on the ground mentioned in subsection (4)(a) above'. No. 44, in page 14, line 25, leave out 'in Northern Ireland'.—[Mr. Mellor.]

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