Representation of the People Act 1983

[F1 3ZA (1) Provision about applications under section 10ZC [F2 , 10ZD, 13BD or 13BE], including in particular provision about— U.K.

(a) the form and contents of applications and of any declarations to be made in connection with them;

(b) the manner in which applications [F3 and any such declarations] are to be made.

(2) Provision made under sub-paragraph (1) may include provision—

(a) conferring functions on registration officers, or local or public authorities, to enable applications to be made in a particular manner;

(b) conferring other functions on registration officers;

(c) conferring functions on the Electoral Commission.

[F4 (2A) Provision made under sub-paragraph (1) in relation to applications within sub-paragraph (2B) may include provision—

(a) conferring functions on the Secretary of State to enable applications to be made in a particular manner;

(b) authorising the Secretary of State, in prescribed circumstances, to complete applications in part for people.

(2B) The following applications are within this sub-paragraph—

(a) an application for registration in, or alteration of—

(i) a register of parliamentary electors,

(ii) a register of local government electors in England, or

(iii) a register of local government electors in Scotland or Wales, where the application is submitted through the UK digital service;

(b) an application under section 13BD or 13BE.]

(3) Provision requiring a person making an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD—

(a) to provide evidence that he or she is the person named in the application;

(b) to provide evidence of entitlement to be registered.

[F5 (3A) Provision requiring a person making an application under section 13BD or 13BE to provide evidence that the person is the person named in the application.]

(4) Provision made under sub-paragraph (3) [F6 or (3A)] must specify the kind of evidence that a person is required to provide.

(5) Examples of the evidence that may be specified include a person's date of birth or national insurance number.

(6) Provision made under sub-paragraph (3) [F7 or (3A)] may require a person to provide the evidence to a registration officer or to some other prescribed person (or person of a prescribed description).]

[F8 (7) In sub-paragraph (2B)(a)(iii), “the UK digital service” means a digital service provided by a Minister of the Crown for the registration of electors, and the reference to an application submitted through the UK digital service is a reference to an application submitted using that service as an intermediary.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 3ZA inserted (10.6.2014 for E.W., 15.9.2014 for N.I., 19.9.2014 for S.) by Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6), ss. 2(3), 27(1) (with Sch. 5); S.I. 2014/414, art. 5(b); S.I. 2014/2439, art. 2(b)

F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3ZA(1) substituted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)(a); S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)

F3 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3ZA(1)(b) inserted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)(b); S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)

F4 Sch. 2 para. 3ZA(2A)(2B) inserted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(3); S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)

F5 Sch. 2 para. 3ZA(3A) inserted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(4); S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)

F6 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3ZA(4) inserted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(5); S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)

F7 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3ZA(6) inserted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(6); S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)

F8 Sch. 2 para. 3ZA(7) inserted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(7); S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 2 para. 3ZA: function exercisable by the Scottish Ministers concurrently with a Minister of the Crown (20.3.2015) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedules 4 and 5 and Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/692), arts. 2, 5(3)(b) (with art. 6)