[F13ZA(1)Provision about applications under section 10ZC [F2, 10ZD, 13BD or 13BE], including in particular provision about—U.K.
(a)the form and contents of applications and of any declarations to be made in connection with them;
(b)the manner in which applications [F3and any such declarations] are to be made.
(2)Provision made under sub-paragraph (1) may include provision—
(a)conferring functions on registration officers, or local or public authorities, to enable applications to be made in a particular manner;
(b)conferring other functions on registration officers;
(c)conferring functions on the Electoral Commission.
[F4(2A)Provision made under sub-paragraph (1) in relation to applications within sub-paragraph (2B) may include provision—
(a)conferring functions on the Secretary of State to enable applications to be made in a particular manner;
(b)authorising the Secretary of State, in prescribed circumstances, to complete applications in part for people.
(2B)The following applications are within this sub-paragraph—
(a)an application for registration in, or alteration of—
(i)a register of parliamentary electors,
(ii)a register of local government electors in England, or
(iii)a register of local government electors in Scotland or Wales, where the application is submitted through the UK digital service;
(b)an application under section 13BD or 13BE.]
(3)Provision requiring a person making an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD—
(a)to provide evidence that he or she is the person named in the application;
(b)to provide evidence of entitlement to be registered.
[F5(3A)Provision requiring a person making an application under section 13BD or 13BE to provide evidence that the person is the person named in the application.]
(4)Provision made under sub-paragraph (3) [F6or (3A)] must specify the kind of evidence that a person is required to provide.
(5)Examples of the evidence that may be specified include a person's date of birth or national insurance number.
(6)Provision made under sub-paragraph (3) [F7or (3A)] may require a person to provide the evidence to a registration officer or to some other prescribed person (or person of a prescribed description).]
[F8(7)In sub-paragraph (2B)(a)(iii), “the UK digital service” means a digital service provided by a Minister of the Crown for the registration of electors, and the reference to an application submitted through the UK digital service is a reference to an application submitted using that service as an intermediary.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 para. 3ZA inserted (10.6.2014 for E.W., 15.9.2014 for N.I., 19.9.2014 for S.) by Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6), ss. 2(3), 27(1) (with Sch. 5); S.I. 2014/414, art. 5(b); S.I. 2014/2439, art. 2(b)
F2Words in Sch. 2 para. 3ZA(1) substituted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)(a); S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)
F3Words in Sch. 2 para. 3ZA(1)(b) inserted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)(b); S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)
F4Sch. 2 para. 3ZA(2A)(2B) inserted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(3); S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)
F5Sch. 2 para. 3ZA(3A) inserted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(4); S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)
F6Words in Sch. 2 para. 3ZA(4) inserted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(5); S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)
F7Words in Sch. 2 para. 3ZA(6) inserted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(6); S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)
F8Sch. 2 para. 3ZA(7) inserted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(7); S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 2 para. 3ZA: function exercisable by the Scottish Ministers concurrently with a Minister of the Crown (20.3.2015) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedules 4 and 5 and Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/692), arts. 2, 5(3)(b) (with art. 6)