The Local Government Reorganisation (Representation of the People) Regulations 1997
Under section 6(2)(aa) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (as inserted by the Representation of the People Act 1990), a person is eligible for an absent vote for an indefinite period at parliamentary and local government elections if he is no longer resident at his qualifying address or at any other address in the same area. Section 6(2A) of the 1985 Act (as so inserted) defines the meaning of the expression “the same area” for these purposes. Section 9(5) of that Act provides a similar definition of that expression for the purposes of a proxy’s right to vote by post under section 9(4)(b).