Part I Parliamentary and Local Government Franchise and its Exercise
Registration of parliamentary and local government electors
F19CRemoval of anonymous entry
(1)
If a person has an anonymous entry in a register F2maintained by a registration officer in Great Britain, his entitlement to remain registered F3... terminates—
(a)
at the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the date when the entry in the register first takes effect, or
(b)
if the declaration made for the purposes of section 9B is cancelled at any time before the expiry of that 12 month period, at the time when the declaration is cancelled.
F4(1A)
If a person (“P”) has an anonymous entry in a register maintained by the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland, P’s entitlement to remain registered terminates at the end of such period of five years or less beginning with the relevant date, as that officer determines in relation to P.
(1B)
But if, at any time before the expiry of the period determined under subsection (1A)—
(a)
the declaration made for the purposes of section 9B is cancelled, or
(b)
the Chief Electoral Officer determines that the safety test is no longer satisfied,
P’s entitlement to remain registered terminates at that time.
(1C)
In subsection (1A) “the relevant date” means—
(a)
where P’s anonymous entry is the result of an application under section 9B(1)(a), the date when P’s entry in the register first takes effect; or
(b)
where P’s anonymous entry is the result of an application under section 9B(1)(b), the date when the Chief Electoral Officer determines under section 9B(2) that the safety test is satisfied.
(1D)
Subsection 9B(10) (meaning of “safety test”) applies for the purposes of subsection (1B) (treating references to the applicant for an anonymous entry as references to P).
(1E)
A determination under subsection (1A) or (1B) must be made in accordance with regulations.