The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

Summary procedure for determining in specified circumstances whether a person has ceased to satisfy conditions for registration

35.—(1) In any of the circumstances specified in paragraph (2) the registration officer may make the determination specified in regulation 34(2)(b)(ii) without following the procedure set out in regulations 36 to 38.

(2) The circumstances specified in this paragraph are where the registration officer—

(a) has received an application under regulation 27 which includes a statement to which paragraph (1)(c) of that regulation refers;

(b) has received a notification under regulation 46;

(c) has been given information by the elector that he has ceased to reside at the address in question or has otherwise ceased to satisfy the conditions for registration set out in section 4 of the 1983 Act;

(d) has been notified by a relative or executor of the elector or by the Registrar General of Births and Deaths in Northern Ireland or by the Senior Coroner for Northern Ireland that the elector has died;

(e) has been provided with information pursuant to regulation 41 that an elector has ceased to reside at the address in question;

(f) has been provided with information pursuant to regulation 41 that the national insurance number provided by the elector in his application for registration is incorrect.

(3) In paragraph (2)—

“elector” means a person who is duly entered in a register in respect of an address; and

“relative” means a spouse, civil partner, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child or grandchild.