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Article 14
 

(1) Part III of the Second Schedule shall apply to an application to be registered as a postal voter pursuant to section 14(d) as if references in that Part to ‘special voters list’ were references to ‘postal voters list’ and references to ‘section 17’ and ‘section 17(2)’ were references to ‘section 14(d)’.


(2) An application from a person for entry in the postal voters list under section 14(d) who, on the date of such person’s application, is entered in the special voters list then in force shall be deemed not to be a first application for entry in the postal voters list for the purposes of Rule 19(c) of the Second Schedule, as applied by subsection (1), to an application for entry in the postal voters list under the said section 14(d).


(3) Part III (other than Rule 19(c)) of the Second Schedule shall apply to an application for entry in the postal voters list pursuant to section 14(a) as if –


(a) references in that Part to ‘special voters list’ were references to ‘postal voters list’,
(b) references to ‘section 17’ and ‘section 17(2)’ were references to ‘section 14(a)’,
(c) in Rule 19(d), ‘and, where appropriate, the certificate referred to in paragraph (c)’ were deleted, and
(d) in Rule 23, paragraphs (1)(c) and (2)(c) were deleted.


(4) In case an application for entry in the postal voters list pursuant to section 14(a), (c) or (d) is refused, Rules 16 and 17 of Part II of the Second Schedule shall apply to such a refusal as if the reference in Rule 16 to the ‘supplement to the register’ were a reference to ‘postal voters list under section 14(a), (c) or (d)’.