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Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013
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(1)The [F1Secretary of State] may by order make provision for the purpose of testing, for a specified period and in relation to a specified area, how the changes made by any registration provision work in practice.
[F2(1A)But an order under subsection (1) may not make provision for the purpose of testing how the changes made by any registration provision work in relation to a register of local government electors maintained by a registration officer in Wales.]
(2)An order under this section may, in particular, make provision the effect of which corresponds to the effect of the amendments made by any registration provision (or the subordinate legislation that may be made by virtue of any registration provision).
(3)“Registration provision” means any provision of—
(a)section 1 and Schedule 1,
(b)section 2 and Schedule 2, and
(c)Schedule 4.
(4)The [F3Secretary of State] may make an order under this section in relation to an area only if the registration officer for that area has—
(a)proposed the making of an order in relation to that area, and
(b)agreed to any modifications made by the [F3Secretary of State] to the proposal.
(5)The provision that may be made in an order under this section by virtue of section 11(3) includes, in particular, provision in connection with the expiry of the specified period.
(6)An order under this section may make provision modifying Schedule 5 (for example, to modify the meaning of “new application for registration”).
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F1Words in s. 10(1) substituted (8.12.2021) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(d) (with art. 12)
F2S. 10(1A) inserted (W.) (10.9.2024) by Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5), s. 72(1)(a), Sch. 1 para. 5(3)
F3Words in s. 10(4) substituted (8.12.2021) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(d) (with art. 12)
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I1S. 10 in force at 2.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/702, art. 3(a)
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