C1 Part I Parliamentary and Local Government Franchise and its Exercise

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Registration of parliamentary and local government electors

C2E19AF1Registration officers: duty to take necessary steps

1

Each registration officer must take all steps that are necessary for the purpose of complying with his duty to maintain the registers under section 9 above F2and F4—

a

in the case of a registration officer in Great Britain, for the purpose of securing that, so far as is reasonably practicable, persons who are entitled to be registered in a register (and no others) are registered in it, and

b

in the case of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland, for the purpose of meeting the relevant registration objectives.

2

The steps include—

a

sending more than once to any address the form to be used for the canvass under F3section 9DF5or 10 below;

b

making on one or more occasions house to house inquiries under F6section 9D(5) or 10(5);

c

making contact by such other means as the registration officer thinks appropriate with persons who do not have an entry in a register;

d

inspecting any records held by any person which he is permitted to inspect under or by virtue of any enactment or rule of law;

e

providing training to persons under his direction or control in connection with the carrying out of the duty.

F72A

In relation to the registration of local government electors in Scotland, subsections (1) and (2)(b) do not require a registration officer to make house to house inquiries in relation to any person under the age of 16.

3

Regulations made by the Secretary of State may amend subsection (2) by—

a

varying any of the paragraphs in that subsection;

b

inserting any paragraph;

c

repealing any paragraph.