The Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001

Evidence as to age and nationality [F1 : registration of local government electors in Wales] E+W

24.— [F2 (A1) This regulation applies for the purposes of the registration of local government electors in Wales.]

(1) Where a registration officer has doubts about a person’s age or nationality, he may require that person to produce such evidence as is specified in paragraph (2) below for the purposes of registration.

(2) The evidence which the registration officer may require is as follows—

(a) a birth certificate F3 ...;

(b) a certificate of naturalisation;

F4 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) in any other case—

(i) a document showing that he has become a Commonwealth citizen by virtue of registration; or

(ii) a statutory declaration that he is a qualifying Commonwealth citizen or citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a relevant citizen of the Union [F5 or F6 ... a qualifying foreign citizen].

(3) If any fee is payable in connection with the making of a declaration for the purposes of this regulation, the registration officer shall pay that fee and it shall be treated as part of his registration expenses within the meaning of section 54(1) of the 1983 Act(1).

(4) Any such declaration shall be made available for inspection at the registration officer’s office until the determination of the application for registration and of any objections duly made to it.

[F7 (4A) Paragraph (4) does not apply where the declarant has, or has applied for, an anonymous entry.]

(5) This regulation does not apply where an application for registration is made in pursuance of a service declaration.

F8 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 24 heading inserted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 2(b))

F2 Reg. 24(A1) inserted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 2(b))

F3 Words in reg. 24(2)(a) omitted (10.6.2014) by virtue of The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Description of Electoral Registers and Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3198), regs. 1(5)(b), 8

F4 Reg. 24(2)(c) omitted (16.1.2024) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(c)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 2(b))

F5 Words in reg. 24 inserted (1.6.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), ss. 16(2), 42(3)(a)

F6 Words in reg. 24(2)(d)(ii) omitted (16.1.2024) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(c)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2(b))

F7 Reg. 24(4A) inserted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 4

F8 Reg. 24(6) 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), 2(3) (with reg. 1(5))

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 24 in force at 16.2.2001, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

Section 54 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act.