Representation of the People Act 2000

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The Representation of the People Act 2000 changes the British electoral process in the following ways:

Amends the 1983 Representation of the People Act.
Introduces postal voting 'on demand'.
Allows psychiatric hospitals to be used as a registration address.
Requires additional assistance for disabled voters, particularly visually impaired voters.
Introduces new regulations with regard to the access, sale and supply of electoral registers.

Following this act, the Department for Constituional Affairs introduced and passed through parliament the Electoral Administration Act 2006 which made further alterations to the UK electoral processes.