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25B.—(1) This regulation prescribes the additional supporting material which, for the purposes of sections 13BA(3) and 13BC of the 1983 Act, the registration officer may require in relation to the nationality of an applicant.
(2) The additional supporting material is a copy of, or, where the registration officer considers it appropriate, the original of—
(a)if the applicant is not seeking to be registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration, one of the following documents issued to or in respect of the applicant—
(i)a copy of the applicant’s birth certificate;
(ii)a certificate of naturalisation showing that the applicant has become a British citizen or Commonwealth citizen by virtue of naturalisation;
(iii)a document showing that the applicant has become a British citizen or Commonwealth citizen by virtue of registration;
(iv)a statutory declaration that the applicant is a British citizen, a qualifying Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of Ireland [F2, a qualifying EU citizen or an EU citizen with retained rights];
(v)a passport issued by the Government of the United Kingdom, a member State or a Commonwealth country, or
(b)if the applicant is seeking to be registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration, one of the following documents issued to or in respect of the applicant—
(i)a copy of the applicant’s birth certificate;
(ii)a certificate of naturalisation showing that the applicant has become a British citizen by virtue of naturalisation;
(iii)a document showing that the applicant has become a British citizen by virtue of registration;
(iv)a statutory declaration that the applicant is—
(aa)a British citizen, or
(bb)an Irish citizen who was born in Northern Ireland and qualifies as a British citizen (whether or not the applicant identifies as such).
(3) If the applicant is unable to provide a document listed in paragraph (2)(a) or (b) (whichever is relevant), the additional supporting material is an attestation which—
(a)confirms that the nationality of the applicant is the nationality stated in the application, and
(b)meets the general attestation requirements in regulation 27ZH(1).
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Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 25A-25C inserted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/43), regs. 1(1), 11 (with reg. 28(1))
F2Words in reg. 25B(2)(a)(iv) substituted (7.5.2024) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling etc.) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/319), regs. 1(4), 14(2)
F3Reg. 25B(4) omitted (21.5.2024) by virtue of The Representation of the People (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/665), regs. 1(1), 3(3) (with reg. 1(5))
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