Commentary on Sections Schedule 27 - Minor and consequential amendments Paragraph 164 - Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2)
1056.Paragraph 164 makes amendments to the Representation of the People Act 2000 to provide that civil partners are treated in the same way as married couples with regard to the rights and obligations of spouses, husbands and wives in electoral legislation pertaining to voting by proxy.