C3C5C6C8C7C9C10 Part I Parliamentary and Local Government Franchise and its Exercise

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Service qualifications and declarations for registration

C1C2C417 Effect of service declaration.

F11

Where a person’s service declaration is in force when he applies for registration, he shall be regarded for the purposes of section 4 above as—

a

resident on the date of the declaration at the address specified in it in accordance with section 16(d) above;

F2b

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c

until the contrary is proved, as being a Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a relevant citizen of the Union of the age appearing from the declaration and as not being subject to any legal incapacity except as so appearing.

2

Where a service declaration appearing to be properly made out and (where required) attested is transmitted to the registration officer in the proper manner, the declarant shall, until the contrary is proved, be treated for the purposes of registration as having had from the date of the declaration or such later date, if any, as appears from it, and as continuing to have, a service qualification.

F33

In relation to the registration of local government electors in Scotland, subsection (2) is subject to section 15(3A).