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6. In regulation 32ZD (steps to be taken by a registration officer to encourage a person to make an application for registration in response to an invitation to do so)(1) after paragraph (5) insert—
“(6) Paragraph (3) does not apply if, on the date that the registration officer gave an invitation to apply for registration under section 9E(1) of the 1983 Act, the person was a person to whom section 3(1A) of the 1983 Act (exception to disenfranchisement for offenders sentenced to term not exceeding 12 months) applies.”.
Regulation 32ZD was added by S.S.I. 2013/3206 and was amended by section 3(3) of the 2015 Act and S.S.I. 2017/604.
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