Clause 4 - Electoral identity card
Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill
4:30 pm
Mr David Amess (Southend West, Conservative)
I remind the Committee that with this we are taking the following: New clause 1—Voters to produce specified documents—
`(1) The Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 (c. 2) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1 (voters to produce specified documents) subsection (2), at the end of inserted sub-paragraph (1E)(a), there is inserted ``and the requirement under this rule shall be satisfied by the production of the plastic photographic card which either is, or forms the counterpart of, a licence to drive a motor vehicle.''
(3) In section 1 (voters to produce specified documents) subsection (2), at the end of inserted sub-paragrpah (1E)(d), there is inserted—
``(da) a senior citizen's concessionary fare pass issued by the Northern Ireland Department for Regional Development.''.'.
New clause 6—Voters: specified documents—
`(1) From 1st April 2003, paragraph (1E) of rule 37 of the parliamentary election rules applicable to elections in Northern Ireland, imported into schedule 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 by section 1(2) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 (c.2), is amended in accordance with sub-section (2).
(2) Sub-paragraphs (a) to (g) are omitted and the following are inserted:
``(a) the plastic photographic card which is, or forms the counterpart of, a current licence to drive a motor vehicle;
(b) a current passport issued by the Government of the United Kingdom or by the Government of the Republic of Ireland;
(c) a senior citizen's concessionary fare pass isued by the Northern Ireland Department for Regional Development;
(d) a current electoral identity card issued under section 13C of this Act.''.'.