Electoral Reform Act 2022

Amendment of section 99 of Act of 1992

104. Section 99 of the Act of 1992 is amended in subsection (2)—

(a) in paragraph (a), by the deletion of—

(i) “a supplement to”, and

(ii) “which the registration authority is empowered to prepare and publish in accordance with section 15A”,

(b)(i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):

“(c) Rule 33 (other than paragraphs (6) and (7)) and Rule 34(1) and (2) of Part VI of the Second Schedule shall apply to an application to be entered in the postal voters list under paragraph (a) as if references to section 14 and to section 14(a), (b) or (c) were references to section 99(2)(a).”,

(ii) in paragraph (c) (as amended by subparagraph (i)), by the substitution of “section 14(1)(a), (b) or (c)” for “section 14(a), (b) or (c)”,

and

(c) in paragraph (d), by the substitution of “Subsection (2) of section 14” for “Subsection (4) of section 15A”.