- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (01/02/1991)
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(1)A person who may be entitled to vote as an elector at parliamentary elections for which any register is to be used is entitled to be registered in that register, subject to—
(a)section 7(3) above, as to a person who on the qualifying date is a voluntary mental patient, and subsections (3) and (4) below as to one who on the qualifying date has a service qualification
[F1(aa)section 2(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1985]; and
(b)any enactment imposing a disqualification for registration as a parliamentary elector.
(2)A person who may be entitled to vote as an elector at local government elections for which any register is to be used is entitled to be registered in that register, subject to—
(a)section 7(3) above, as to a person who on the qualifying date is a voluntary mental patient, and subsections (3) and (4) below as to one who on the qualifying date has a service qualification; and
(b)any enactment imposing a disqualification for registration as a local government elector.
(3)A person who on the qualifying date has a service qualification is not entitled to be registered as mentioned in subsection (1) or subsection (2) above except in pursuance of an appropriate service declaration; and in this subsection and in subsection (4) below “appropriate service declaration” means—
(a)in the case of a person who on the qualifying date is a member of the forces or the wife or husband of such a member, a service declaration made in accordance with section 15 below and in force on that date; and
(b)in any other case, a service declaration made in accordance with that section with reference to that date.
(4)Subsection (3) above does not apply to a person who on the qualifying date is the wife or husband of a member of the forces if on that date—
(a)that person has no other service qualification;
(b)that person is resident in the United Kingdom; and
(c)no appropriate service declaration is in force in respect of that person.
(5)A person otherwise qualified is entitled to be registered in a register of parliamentary electors or a register of local government electors if he will attain voting age before the end of the twelve months following the day by which the register is required to be published; but, if he will not be of voting age on the first day of those twelve months—
(a)his entry in the register shall give the date on which he will attain that age; and
(b)until the date given in the entry he shall not by virtue of the entry be treated as an elector for any purposes other than purposes of an election at which the day fixed for the poll is that or a later date.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 12(1) para.(aa) inserted by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 4(3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 12–17 extended (N.I) (with modifications) by Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 3, SIF 42), ss. 2, 13(6), Sch. 1 Pt. I
C2S. 12(1) restricted by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 2(1)
C3S. 12(5) applied (E.W.) by S.I. 1986/1081, reg. 14(3)(4)(5), Sch. 3 (as amended by S.I. 1990/520, reg. 37(b) )
C4S. 12(5) applied (N.I.) by S.I. 1986/1091, regs. 2, 14(3)(4)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. I (as amended by S.I. 1990/561, reg. 28)
C5S. 12(5) applied (S.) by S.I. 1986/1111, reg. 13(3)(4)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. I (as amended by S.I. 1990/629, reg. 34(1)(b) )
C6S. 12(5)(a) applied (S.) by S.I. 1986/1111, reg. 31
C7S. 12(5)(a) applied (N.I.) by S.I. 1986/1091, reg. 32
C8S. 12(5)(a) applied (E.W.) by S.I. 1986/1081, reg. 32(1)
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