C2C3C4C6C5C7C8C9C10 Part I Parliamentary and Local Government Franchise and its Exercise
Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (25.5.2018) by The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/639), arts. 1, 20(7)
Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (25.5.2018) by The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/640), arts. 1, 20(7)
Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 39(6)
Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 24(6)
Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (26.5.2018) by The Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/649), arts. 1, 20(7)
Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (23.5.2019) by The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/957), arts. 1, 18(6)
Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (14.2.2020) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/156), arts. 1, 20(8)
Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (14.2.2020) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/156), arts. 1, 20(14)
Registration of parliamentary and local government electors
C110ZAF1Northern Ireland: timing of canvass
1
A canvass under section 10(1A) must be conducted in—
a
the year 2010, unless the Secretary of State makes an order providing that the requirement in this paragraph does not apply;
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the year 2021;
ab
the year 2030;
b
every tenth year following F32030.
2
A canvass under section 10(1A) must be conducted in an intervening year if—
a
on or before 15th April in that year, the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland has made a recommendation in favour of a canvass being conducted in that year for the purpose of meeting the relevant registration objectives, and
b
the Secretary of State, having considered the recommendation, has notified the Chief Electoral Officer that he is satisfied that the public interest requires a canvass to be conducted for that purpose.
3
If no canvass under section 10(1A) is conducted before the end of 2015, a canvass must be conducted in 2016.
4
“Intervening year” means a year other than—
a
2010,
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c
if no canvass under section 10(1A) is conducted before the end of 2015, 2016,
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2021,
e
2030, and
f
every tenth year following 2030.
5
The Secretary of State may not make an order under subsection (1)(a) unless—
a
on or before 15th April 2010, the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland has made a recommendation against a canvass being conducted in the year 2010 for the purpose of meeting the relevant registration objectives, and
b
the Secretary of State, having considered the recommendation, is satisfied that the public interest does not require a canvass to be conducted for that purpose.
6
The power to make an order under subsection (1)(a) is exercisable by statutory instrument.
7
No order is to be made under subsection (1)(a) unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
8
“Recommendation” means a written recommendation to the Secretary of State.
Pt. I (ss. 1–66) modified by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 2(6)