Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations, 1950*
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1950/1255 |
| Year | 1950 |
1950 No. 1255
The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations, 1950*6thJuly 1950
30thJuly 1950*
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
PART I
REGISTRATION
The Register
1. Separate part of register for each registration unit.
2. Separate number for each registration unit.
3. Order of names.
4. Marking of names to indicate manner of voting or persons not of full age.
5. The combined register.
The Electors Lists
6. Form of electors lists.
7. Publication of the electors lists.
Claims and objections
8. Notice of claims and objections.
9. Time for making claims and objections.
10. Form of claims and objections.
11. Lists of claims and objections.
12. Hearing of claims and objections.
13. Completion of consideration of claims and objections.
14. Corrections to the electors lists.
15. Other corrections to the electors lists.
Publication and Sale of the Register
16. Publication of register.
17. Registration officer to furnish copies of register.
18. Free copies of register.
19. Sale of register.
Supplementary
20. Declaration as to age and nationality.
21. Power of registration officer to delegate his duties.
22. Information from householders.
23. Adaptation of electors lists and register in consequence of altered polling districts.
Corrupt and Illegal Practices List
24. Corrupt and illegal practices list.
* See Regulation 73. These Regulations having lain before both Houses of Parliament in accordance with subsection (5) of section 171 of the Representation of the People Act, 1949, were approved by resolution of the House of Lords on 24th July, 1950, and by resolution of the House of Commons on 25th July, 1950.
PART II
ABSENT VOTERS, PROXIES AND POSTAL PROXIES
25. Application to be treated as an absent voter.
26. Record and list of absent voters.
27. Application to vote by proxy.
28. Appointment of proxy.
29. Proxy paper.
30. Cancellation and disregard of proxy appointment.
31. Record and list of proxies.
32. Application by proxy to vote by post.
33. Record and list of postal proxies.
34. Certificate of employment.
PART III
ISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS
Interpretation
35. Interpretation of Part III.
Issue of Postal Ballot Papers
36. Form of postal ballot paper.
37. Form of declaration of identity.
38. Persons entitled to be present at issue and receipt of postal ballot papers.
39. Declaration of secrecy.
40. Notice of issue of postal ballot papers.
41. Marking of postal ballot paper.
42. Refusal to issue postal ballot paper.
43. Ballot paper envelope.
44. Delivery of postal ballot papers to post office.
45. Provision of postal voters' ballot box.
46. Sealing up of special lists and counterfoils.
Receipt of Postal Ballot Papers
47. Receipt of covering envelope.
48. Opening of postal voters' ballot box.
49. Opening of covering envelopes.
50. Sealing up rejected votes and declarations of identity.
51. Opening of ballot paper envelopes.
52. Forwarding of documents.
PART IV
SERVICE VOTERS
53. Service declaration by member of the forces or his wife.
54. Qualification for Crown servant.
55. Service declaration by Crown servant or his wife.
56. Transmission of service declaration by Crown servant or his wife.
57. Service declaration by person about to leave the United Kingdom.
58. Proceedings by registration officer on receipt of service declaration.
59. Invalid service declaration.
60. Service declaration ceasing to be in force.
61. Evidence as to service declaration.
PART V
SUPPLEMENTARY
62. Appeals.
63. Registration of motor vehicles.
64. Official poll card.
65. Forms.
66. Sending of notices, etc.
67. Publication of documents.
68. Misnomers.
69. Time.
70. Penalties.
71. Interpretation.
72. Revocations and savings.
73. Commencement, citation and extent.
SCHEDULE
FORMS:
Forms for use by registration officers
Form A: Return by occupier as to residents
Form C: Notice as to publication of the electors lists and making of claims
and objections
Form D: Proxy paper
Forms for use by returning officers
Form E: Elector's official poll card
Form F: Proxy's official poll card
Form G: Certificate of employment.
Form H: Declaration of identity.
Forms for use by service voters
Form J: Service declaration and application for appointment of proxy
by a member of the forces.
Form K: Service declaration and application for appointment of proxy
by the wife of a member of the forces.
Form L: Service declaration and application for appointment of proxy
by a Crown servant.
Form M: Service declaration and application for appointment of proxy
by the wife of a Crown servant.
Form N: Application by a service voter in the United Kingdom to vote
by post.
Forms for use by other persons
Form O: Form of claim.
Form P: Form of objection.
Form Q: Application to be treated as an absent voter for an indefinite
period owing to occupation or physical incapacity.
Form R: Application to be treated as an absent voter owing to change
of residence.
Form S: Application to be treated as an absent voter for a particular
election.
Form T: Application to be treated as an absent voter for an indefinite
period owing to air or sea journey.
Form U: Application for appointment of proxy.
Form V: Application by a service voter's proxy to vote by post.
Form W: Return of expenses required by section 63 of the Representa-
tion of the People Act, 1949, to be authorised by an election
agent.
Form X: Declaration as to expenses required by section 63 of the Repre-
sentation of the People Act, 1949, to be authorised by an
election agent.
In pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Representation of the People Act, 1949(a), and by the Electoral Registers Act, 1949(b), I hereby make the following Regulations:—
PART I
REGISTRATION
The Register
Separate part of register for each registration unit
1.—(1) The register shall be framed in separate parts for each registration unit in the constituency.
(2) The registration unit shall be each registration unit as defined in section fifteen of the Elections and Franchise Act (Northern Ireland), 1946 (Reprint to 1948).
Separate number for each registration unit
2. There shall be a separate number in the register for each registration unit and such number shall be deemed to form part of an elector's number in the register.
Order of names
3.—(1) The order of names in each registration unit shall be the same as the order of names in that unit for the purposes of a register prepared under the Elections and Franchise Act (Northern Ireland), 1946 (Reprint to 1948).
(2) The names in the register shall be numbered consecutively, so far as is reasonably practicable, with a separate series of numbers (beginning with the number one) for each registration unit.
Marking of names to indicate manner of voting or persons not of full age
4.—(1) To indicate the manner in which an elector is entitled to vote at an election there shall be placed—
(a) in the electors lists and the register against the name of any elector who is a service voter the letter "S";
(b) in any copy of the register or part thereof provided for a polling station—
(i) against the name of any elector who is, or whose proxy is, entitled to vote by post the letter "A",
(ii) against the name of any elector (other than a service voter) on behalf of whom a proxy is entitled to vote the letter "P".
(2) To indicate a person entitled to vote by virtue of subsection (2) of section two of the Electoral Registers Act, 1949 (which relates to persons coming of age during the currency of the register), the letter "Y" shall be placed against his name in the electors lists and the register.
The combined register
5. In every year in which a register is prepared under the provisions of section thirteen of the Elections and Franchise Act (Northern Ireland), 1946 (Reprint to 1948), the register of that year shall be combined with the first
(a) 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68.
(b) 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 86.
mentioned register and Part I of these Regulations shall apply thereto subject to the following modifications, adaptations and exceptions, namely, Regulation 6, paragraph (2) of Regulation 7 and paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of Regulation 9 shall not apply, and the form and time of publication of the electors lists and the times for making claims and objections shall be the same as the form and times prescribed by regulations under the said Act for the first mentioned register.
The Electors Lists
Form of electors lists
6.—(1) The electors lists shall be framed in separate parts for each registration unit in the constituency.
(2) The electors lists for a registration unit shall consist of—
List A—a copy of the register in force for the unit,
List B—a list of newly qualified electors, that is to say, persons who are qualified for registration as parliamentary electors in respect of qualifying addresses for which they are not registered in the register in force or who, since the qualifying date of the register in force, have become entitled to be registered as residents instead of as service voters, or vice versa, in respect of those addresses, and
List C—a list of persons who have ceased to be qualified as electors or whose qualification has been altered, that is to say, persons who, being registered in respect of qualifying addresses in the register in force, have ceased to be qualified for registration as parliamentary electors in respect of those addresses or who, since the qualifying date for the register in force, have become entitled to be registered as residents instead of as service voters, or vice versa, in respect of those addresses:
Provided that where the area of a registration unit differs from the area of that unit as constituted for the purposes of the register in force, the registration unit may be treated as having the same area as it had for the purposes of the register in force.
(3) The names in List B need not be numbered.
(4) The names in List C shall have opposite them their numbers in the register in force.
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