The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

Alteration of registers under section 13BA(3) [F1 or 13BC] of the 1983 Act N.I.

25.—(1) For the purposes of section 13BA(3) of the 1983 Act the prescribed date is the eleventh day before the day of the poll.

[F2 (1A) For the purposes of section 13BC(2)(d) of the 1983 Act (alteration of registers: recall petition) the prescribed date is the eleventh day before the beginning of the signing period (within the meaning of section 9(2) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015).]

(2) For the purposes of section 13BA(3) [F3 or 13BC] of the 1983 Act, the additional supporting material is [F4 such of the material as is prescribed in regulations 25A to 25C] as the registration officer may require.

F5 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) The documents which the registration officer may require to demonstrate that the applicant has been resident in Northern Ireland during the whole of the period of three months ending on the relevant date within the meaning of section 4 of the 1983 Act are such of the following documents which have been issued not less than three months and not more than six months before the date of the application—

(a) a licence to drive a motor vehicle which bears a photograph of the applicant;

(b) a bill or statement of account issued in respect of the supply of gas, water, electricity or telecommunications services to premises at an address specified in the statement;

(c) a statement issued by a bank or building society relating to an account held at that bank or building society;

(d) a bill or statement of account issued by Land and Property Services (meaning that part of the Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland known as Land and Property Services Executive Agency);

(e) a bill or statement of account issued in respect of a debit or credit card by a bank or building society; F6 ...

(f) a statement issued by a bank or building society in relation to a mortgage [F7 ; and

(g) a bill or statement issued by a Credit Union within the meaning of article 2 of the Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 25 heading inserted (4.3.2016) by The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/295), regs. 1, 152(3)(a)(i)

F2 Reg. 25(1A) inserted (4.3.2016) by The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/295), regs. 1, 152(3)(a)(ii)

F3 Words in reg. 25(2) inserted (4.3.2016) by The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/295), regs. 1, 152(3)(a)(i)

F4 Words in reg. 25(2) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/43), regs. 1(1), 10(a) (with reg. 28(1))

F5 Reg. 25(3)-(5) omitted (16.1.2024) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/43), regs. 1(1), 10(b) (with reg. 28(1))

F6 Word in reg. 25(6) omitted (4.2.2010) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/278), regs. 1(2), 2(3)

F7 Reg. 25(6)(g) and word inserted (4.2.2010) by The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/278), regs. 1(2), 2(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Reg. 25 applied (26.2.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/219), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 67(f)