Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 11(2) of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
2017 No.
The Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme (England and Wales) Order 2017
Made
Coming into force
The Minister for the Cabinet Office makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7(1) and (2)(a), 9(1) and (7)(b), and 11(5)(a) of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 20131 (“the Act”).
In accordance with section 9(3) of the Act, the registration officer for each area to which this Order relates proposed the making of a pilot scheme in relation to that area and has agreed to the modifications made by the Minister to the proposal.
In accordance with section 11(2) of the Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation, commencement, duration and extent1
1
This Order may be cited as the Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme (England and Wales) Order 2017 and comes into force on 30th June 2017.
2
This Order ceases to have effect on 6th July 2018.
3
This Order extends to England and Wales.
Interpretation2
In this Order—
“2001 Regulations” means the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 20012;
“annual canvass” means the annual canvass required by section 9D(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 Act3;
“specified area” means—
- a
in relation to England, the area of a district or London borough specified in Part 1 of the Schedule; and
- b
in relation to Wales, the area of a county borough specified in Part 2 of the Schedule.
- a
Period of pilot scheme3
Articles 4 to 6 have effect in relation to a specified area for the period beginning with 1st July 2017 and ending with 29th June 2018.
Modification of the Representation of the People Act 1983 Act and the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 20014
Section 9D(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and regulations 32ZA and 32ZB of the 2001 Regulations do not apply in relation to the annual canvass.
Annual canvass5
1
The registration officer must conduct the annual canvass in accordance with paragraph (2).
2
The registration officer must attempt to make contact with a person at each residential address in the specified area at least once during the period beginning with 1st July 2017 and ending with 2nd February 2018.
3
The registration officer may comply with the requirement in paragraph (2) by any means the registration officer thinks appropriate, including—
a
by sending a canvass form, which may be the form designed by the Electoral Commission under regulation 32ZA(2) of the 2001 Regulations;
b
by visiting the address;
c
by telephone;
d
by electronic means.
Specified date for the Electoral Commission to report on the pilot scheme6
The date specified for the purposes of section 9(7)(b) of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (date by which the Electoral Commission must give copy of their report) is 29th June 2018.
SCHEDULESpecified Areas
PART 1
Barrow-in-Furness
Bath & North East Somerset
Camden
Coventry
Derbyshire Dales
East Devon
Hounslow
Luton
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Salford
South Holland
South Norfolk
South Oxfordshire
Sunderland
Vale of White Horse
Wakefield
Woking
PART 2
Blaenau Gwent
Torfaen
(This note is not part of the Order)