Public Elections
(Amendment No. 6) (Jersey) Law 2016
A LAW to amend further the Public
Elections (Jersey) Law 2002
Adopted by the
States 12th July 2016
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 14th December 2016
Registered by the
Royal Court 23rd
December 2016
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Article 72 of the Public Elections
(Jersey) Law 2002 amended
After Article 72(1A) of the Public Elections (Jersey) Law 2002[1] there shall be inserted the
following paragraphs –
“(1B) The States may, by Regulations, amend this Law
and the Referendum (Jersey) Law 2002[2], or such Law as from time to
time replaces it –
(a) to enable a person to vote in electronic
form and to provide for authentication of that person’s right to vote;
and
(b) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2)(b),
to make all supplementary provision as is necessary to facilitate such voting,
including provision regarding the conduct of a poll or referendum, the conduct
of any count in a poll or referendum, and the steps to be taken after a result
in a poll or referendum has been obtained.
(1C) In paragraphs (1A) and (1B) a reference to doing
something in electronic form is a reference to doing it by any electronic means,
whether using the internet, any other form of remote communication or any other
digital technology from time to time developed.”.
2 Citation
and commencement
This Law may be cited as the Public
Elections (Amendment No. 6) (Jersey) Law 2016 and shall come into
force on the day after it is registered.
l.-m. hart
Deputy Greffier of the States