C1C11C8C7C3C5C10C6C4 Part I Parliamentary and Local Government Franchise and its Exercise

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Registration of parliamentary and local government electors

C2C9F110 Maintenance of registers: F6duty to conduct canvassF16in Northern Ireland.

F151

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F31A

The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland must conduct a canvass in Northern Ireland in such years as are determined in accordance with section 10ZA.

C122

The canvass F4under subsection F11... (1A) shall be conducted by reference to residence on 15th October in F5the year in which it is conducted.

3

A canvass F12under this section shall not, however, be concerned with—

a

the registration of persons in respect of residence in penal institutions (within the meaning of section 3 above) or mental hospitals (within the meaning of section 7 above) or other places at which persons to whom section 7A above applies may be detained; or

b

the registration of persons in pursuance of—

i

declarations of local connection,

ii

service declarations, or

iii

overseas electors’ declarationsF7; or

c

the registration of persons with anonymous entries in the register.

F234

The form to be used for the purposes of a canvass under this section must F19comply with such requirements as to its form or content as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State after having consulted the Electoral Commission.

F24A

Subject to F10subsections (4B) and (4BZA) below, the information to be obtained by the use of such a form F20... shall include—

a

the signature of each of the persons in relation to whom the form is completed;

b

the date of birth of each such person; and

c

in relation to each such person—

i

his national insurance number or a statement that he does not have one,

F17ii

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iii

any address in the United Kingdom in respect of which he is or has applied to be registered (other than the address in respect of which the form is completed),

and the power in subsection (4) above to F14prescribe requirements includes power to give effect to the requirements of this subsection.

4B

The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland may dispense with the requirement mentioned in subsection (4A)(a) above in relation to any person if he is satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable for that person to sign in a consistent and distinctive way because of F8blindness or any other disability of his or because he is unable to read.

F184BZA

The requirement mentioned in subsection (4A)(a) above does not apply to forms that are submitted through the UK digital service.

F94BA

If requested to do so by the Secretary State for the purposes of making regulations under subsection (4), the Electoral Commission must design a form for the purposes of a canvass under this section.

5

In connection with a canvass F22under this section the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland may, for the purpose of—

a

supplementing the information obtained by the use of any such form, or

b

where any such form has not been returned, obtaining any information designed to be obtained by the use of the form,

make such house to house inquiries as he thinks fit.

6

On the conclusion of a canvass F21under this section the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland shall make such alterations in his registers as fall to be made in accordance with section 10A below as a result of the canvass.

F137

In this section—

  • “residence” means residence for the purposes of section 4 above;

  • “the UK digital service” has the same meaning as in section 10ZF below, and references to submitting a form through the UK digital service shall be construed in accordance with subsection (4) of that section.