The Representation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) Regulations 2023

Confirmation of ceased eligibility following non-response to communications

22.—(1) This regulation applies where a relevant person does not respond—

(a) to a notification of possible ineligibility within the period of 14 days beginning with the date of issue of that notification, or

(b) to a request for further information by the specified date in that request.

(2) Where this regulation applies, the registration officer—

(a) may determine that the relevant person has ceased to satisfy the eligibility criteria, and

(b) if the registration officer does so, must send a notification to the relevant person’s address, containing the information set out in paragraph (3).

(3) A notification under paragraph (2) must—

(a) advise that eligibility criteria under section 52 of the 2011 Act for a citizen of a member State to vote in PCC elections have changed,

(b) state that eligibility to vote in PCC elections in Wales is unrelated to eligibility to register and vote in local government elections in Wales,

(c) state that the registration officer has determined that the relevant person does not satisfy those criteria, and the registration officer’s reasoning for that determination,

(d) state that there is no right of appeal against that determination.