Representation of the People Act 2000

[F1 Provision of fresh signatures E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 paras. 7A-7D inserted (1.1.2007) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 14(4), 77 (with saving in s. 14(8)); S.I. 2006/3412, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 3 (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2)

7A (1) A person who remains on the record kept under paragraph 3(4) or 7(6) may, at any time, provide the registration officer with a fresh signature. E+W+S

(2) Anything required or authorised to be done for the purposes of any enactment in relation to a signature required to be provided in pursuance of this Schedule must be done in relation to a signature provided as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) instead of in relation to a signature provided on any earlier occasion.

7B E+W+S Regulations may make provision as to—

(a) circumstances in which a registration officer may require a person who remains on the record kept under paragraph 3(4) or 7(6) to provide a fresh signature;

(b) the consequences of a person refusing or failing to comply with a requirement to provide a fresh signature.]