Elections
(Jersey) Amendment No. 2 Law 202-
Adopted
by the States 21 January 2026
Sanctioned
by Order of His Majesty in Council [date to be inserted]
Registered by the Royal Court [date to be inserted]
Coming into force [date to be inserted]
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of His Most
Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –
1 Elections (Jersey) Law 2002 amended
This Law amends the Elections (Jersey) Law 2002.
2 Article 1
(interpretation) amended
In Article 1, for
the definition “counting station” there is substituted –
“counting station” means a
place designated under Article 47 as the location, or 1 of the locations, for
the count of votes in an election;
3 Article 24 (ballot
papers) amended
For Article 24(3)
there is substituted –
(3) If
the poll is for a parish election, the electoral administrator for the parish
in which the poll is to be held must arrange for a sufficient number of ballot
papers for the election to be printed.
(3AA) If the
poll is for a public election, the Judicial Greffier
must arrange for a sufficient number of ballot papers for the election to be
printed.
4 Article 31 (start of
polling) amended
(1) This
Article amends Article 31.
(2) In
paragraph (1) –
(a) for “electoral administrator
for a parish” there is substituted “relevant person”;
(b) for “in the parish” there
is substituted “in the constituency”.
(3) After
paragraph (1) there is inserted –
(1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1),
“relevant person” means –
(a) in relation to a poll for
a parish election, the electoral administrator for the parish in which the poll
is to be held;
(b) in relation to a poll for
a public election, the Judicial Greffier.
5 Article 40A (provision of copy of
register and ballot papers to Judicial Greffier) substituted
For Article 40A there is substituted –
40A Provision of copy of register to Judicial Greffier
(1) The
electoral administrator for a constituency in relation to a public election
must, for the purposes of facilitating pre-poll and postal voting in the
election, provide to the Judicial Greffier a copy of
the electoral register in force for the election.
(2) In
paragraph (1), the reference to the electoral administrator for a
constituency is a reference to the electoral administrator for a parish that
alone, with other parishes, or in part, comprises the constituency.
6 Article 47 (designation
of counting stations) amended
(1) This
Article amends Article 47.
(2) Paragraph (1)
is deleted.
(3) In
paragraph (2) –
(a) “and 2 or more polling stations
in the electoral district,” is deleted;
(b) for “one or more of the polling stations
in the electoral district as locations” there is substituted “at least
1 place in the relevant parish as a location”.
(4) In
paragraph (3), for “one or more of the polling stations in those electoral
districts as locations” there is substituted “at least 1 place in at least
1 relevant parish as a location”.
(5) In
paragraph (4), for “1 or more of the polling stations in the electoral
districts in the parish as locations” there is substituted “at least 1 place in
the parish as a location”.
(6) In
paragraph (5), for “the parish that is the
electoral district or in which the electoral district is located” there is
substituted “the relevant parish”.
(7) After
paragraph (7) there is inserted –
(8) In this Article, “relevant parish”, in
relation to an electoral district, means the parish that is the electoral
district or in which the electoral district is located.
7 Citation and
commencement
This Law may be cited as
the Elections (Jersey) Amendment No. 2 Law 202- and comes into force 7
days after it is registered.