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(1)Where a person is registered in a register of parliamentary electors in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration, the person is entitled to remain so registered until—
(a)the third 1 November following the date when the person’s entry on the register first takes effect (subject to any extension under subsections (2) and (3)), or
(b)if sooner, the occurrence of an event mentioned in subsection (4).
(2)Subsection (3) applies if—
(a)at any time during the 6 months ending with the last day of the initial registration period or of any further registration period, the registration officer concerned receives a declaration made by the person under and in accordance with section 1E (a “renewal declaration”), and
(b)the registration officer is satisfied that, on the date on which the person makes the renewal declaration, the person is entitled to remain registered in the register in pursuance of the overseas elector’s declaration.
(3)The person is entitled to remain registered in the register in pursuance of the overseas elector’s declaration until—
(a)the third 1 November following the day after the last day of the initial registration period or of the further registration period in question (subject to any further extension), or
(b)if sooner, the occurrence of an event specified in subsection (4).
(4)The events referred to in subsections (1)(b) and (3)(b) are—
(a)the registration officer determines in accordance with regulations that the person was not entitled to be registered or to remain registered (as the case may be);
(b)the registration officer determines in accordance with regulations—
(i)that the person was registered as the result of an application under section 10ZC or 10A(1) of the principal Act made by some other person, or
(ii)that the person’s entry has been altered as the result of an application under section 10ZD or 10A(4) of that Act made by some other person;
(c)the overseas elector’s declaration is cancelled (see section 1C(7));
(d)another entry made in respect of the person in any electoral register takes effect (in the case of a register of parliamentary electors, whether or not in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration).
(5)A renewal declaration made by a person is of no effect unless received by the registration officer concerned within the period of 3 months beginning with the date on which the person makes the declaration.
(6)In this section—
“electoral register” has the same meaning as in section 1A;
“initial registration period” means the period for which the person is entitled by virtue of subsection (1)(a) to remain registered;
“further registration period” means a period for which the person is entitled by virtue of subsection (3)(a) to remain registered.
(7)Where a person is entitled to remain registered in a register of parliamentary electors for a constituency or part of a constituency by virtue of subsections (2) and (3), it is to be conclusively presumed for the purposes of section 1A that the person was not resident in the United Kingdom on the date on which the person made the renewal declaration in question.
(8)Where a person’s entitlement to remain registered in a register of parliamentary electors terminates by virtue of subsection (1) or (3), the registration officer concerned must remove the person’s entry from the register.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1-1E substituted for ss. 1, 2 (6.2.2023 for specified purposes) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), ss. 14(1), 67(1); S.I. 2023/115, reg. 2(b)(i)
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