S. 6 applied with modifications by S.I. 1986/2250, regs. 2, 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. III

S. 6 repealed (E.W.S.) (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(2), Sch. 7 Pt. II; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 6(1) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 14(2)(a), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 6(1)(a) substituted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(1), Sch. 6 para. 14(2)(b); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 6(1)(b): Word "and" omitted (1.12.2002) by virtue of 2002 c. 13, s. 3(2)(a); S.I. 2002/1648, art. 4(1) (with art. 4(2))

S. 6(1)(ba)-(bc) inserted (1.12.2002) by 2002 c. 13, s. 3(2)(a); S.I. 2002/1648, art. 4(1) (with art. 4(2))

S. 6(1A)(1B) inserted (1.12.2002) by 2002 c. 13, s. 3(2)(b); S.I. 2002/1648, art. 4(1) (with art. 4(2))

Words in s. 6(2) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 14(3)(a), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 6(2)(aa) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 14(3)(b), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 6(2)(b) modified by S.I. 1986/1111, reg. 62(5) (as substituted 6.4.1992 by S.I. 1992/834, reg. 3(3) subject as mentioned in reg. 2 of that Instrument)

Words in s. 6(2)(b) substituted (1.7.2008) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 10, 11, 18, 20, 47, 61, 74, 77, Sch. 1 para. 134; S.I. 2008/1316, arts. 2(3), 5(f)(iv)

Words in s. 6(2)(c) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129), art. 4(4), Sch. 4 para. 7(2)

Words in s. 6(2)(c) inserted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(1), Sch. 6 para. 14(3); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 6(2A) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 14(4), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 6(3)(a) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 14(5), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

Words in s. 6(4)(b) inserted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15(1), Sch. 6 para. 14(6); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(3)-(5))

S. 6(2)(za) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 5(3)(a)

S. 6(4)(ba) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 5(3)(b)

Words in s. 6(1)(bb) inserted (31.5.2018) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a)

S. 6(1)(bba) inserted (31.5.2018) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b)

S. 6(1ZA) inserted (31.5.2018) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699), regs. 1(2), 3(3)

S. 6(7)-(7B) substituted for s. 6(7) (6.7.2020) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/581), regs. 1(2), 9(2)

Words in s. 6(8) substituted (6.7.2020) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/581), regs. 1(2), 9(3)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/50/section/6/2020-07-06Representation of the People Act 1985An Act to amend the law relating to parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom and local government elections in Great Britain, to provide for combining polls taken on the same date at such elections and elections to the Assembly of the European Communities, to extend the franchise at elections to that Assembly, to amend the law relating to the effect of the demise of the Crown on the summoning and duration of a new Parliament and to repeal section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1918.1985-07-16texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2020-07-06 Voting at parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom and local government elections in Great Britain
6 Absent vote at elections for an indefinite period.1

Where a person applies to the registration officer to vote by post, or to vote by proxy, at parliamentary elections, . . . for an indefinite period, the registration officer shall grant the application (subject to subsection (6) below) if—

a

he is satisfied that the applicant is eligible for an absent vote at parliamentary elections for an indefinite period,

b

he is satisfied that the applicant is or will be registered in the register for such elections, . . .

ba

the application states the applicant’s date of birth and the registration officer is satisfied that the date stated corresponds with the date supplied as the date of the applicant’s birth pursuant to section 10(4A)(b), 10A(1A)(b) or 13A(2A)(b) of the principal Act,

bb

in the case of an applicant other than one who is or will be digitally registered, the application is signed and (unless section 10(4B), 10A(1B) or 13A(2B) of the principal Act applies) the registration officer is satisfied that the signature on the application corresponds with the signature supplied as the applicant’s signature pursuant to section 10(4A)(a), 10A(1A)(a) or 13A(2A)(a) of the principal Act,

bba

in the case of an applicant who is or will be digitally registered, the registration officer is satisfied that the application—

i

is signed, and

ii

includes the digital registration number allocated to the applicant by the officer,

bc

the application either states the applicant’s national insurance number or states that he does not have one, and the registration officer is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1A) below, and

c

the application meets the prescribed requirements.

1ZA

In the case of an applicant who is or will be digitally registered, if the registration officer is satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable for the applicant to sign in a consistent and distinctive way because of blindness or any other disability of that person or because that person is unable to read, the officer may make a determination to that effect.

1A

For the purposes of subsection (1)(bc) above, the registration officer must be satisfied—

a

if the application states a national insurance number, that the requirements of subsection (1B) below are met, or

b

if the application states that the applicant does not have a national insurance number, that no such number was supplied as his national insurance number pursuant to section 10(4A)(c)(i), 10A(1A)(c)(i) or 13A(2A)(c)(i) of the principal Act.

1B

The requirements of this subsection are met if—

a

the number stated as mentioned in subsection (1A)(a) above is the same as the one supplied as the applicant’s national insurance number pursuant to section 10(4A)(c)(i), 10A(1A)(c)(i) or 13A(2A)(c)(i) of the principal Act, or

b

no national insurance number was supplied under any of those provisions, but the registration officer is not aware of any reason to doubt the authenticity of the application.

2

For the purposes of this section, a person is eligible for an absent vote at parliamentary . . . elections for an indefinite period—

za

if he has an anonymous entry,

a

if he is or will be registered as a service voter,

aa

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b

if he cannot reasonably be expected—

i

to go in person to the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to him under the appropriate rules, or

ii

to vote unaided there,

by reason of blindness or other disability ,

c

if he cannot reasonably be expected to go in person to that polling station by reason of the general nature of his occupation, service or employment or that of his spouse or civil partner, or by reason of his attendance on a course provided by an educational institution or that of his spouse or civil partner or

d

if he cannot go in person from his qualifying address to that polling station without making a journey by air or sea,

and is also eligible for an absent vote at parliamentary elections for an indefinite period if he is or will be registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration.

2A

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

The registration officer shall keep a record of those whose applications under this section have been granted showing—

a

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b

in the case of those who may vote by post, the addresses provided by them in their applications as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent, and

c

in the case of those who may vote by proxy, the names and addresses of those appointed as their proxies.

4

The registration officer shall remove a person from the record kept under subsection (3) above—

a

if he applies to the registration officer to be removed,

b

in the case of any registered person, if he ceases to be registered or registered at the same qualifying address or ceases to be, or becomes, registered as a service voter or in pursuance of a declaration of local connection or an overseas elector’s declaration, or

ba

if he ceases to have an anonymous entry, or

c

if the registration officer gives notice that he has reason to believe there has been a material change of circumstances.

5

A person shown in the record kept under subsection (3) above as voting by post or, as the case may be, voting by proxy may subsequently alter his choice (subject to subsection (6) below) on an application to the registration officer that meets the prescribed requirements and the registration officer shall amend the record accordingly.

6

A person applying to vote by post must provide an address in the United Kingdom as the address to which his ballot paper is to be sent.

7

For the purposes of this section, a person is to be treated as a person who is or will be digitally registered if the person meets the condition in subsection (7A) or the condition in subsection (7B).

7A

A person meets the condition in this subsection if—

a

the person’s registration in the register of parliamentary electors is or will be pursuant to an application submitted through the UK digital service, and

b

where, since the submission of that application, any form has been completed in respect of the person in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the principal Act, the last such form was submitted through the UK digital service.

7B

A person meets the condition in this subsection if—

a

the last form to be completed in respect of the person in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the principal Act was submitted through the UK digital service, and

b

where, since the submission of that form, any application for registration in the register of parliamentary electors has been made in respect of the person, the last such application was submitted through the UK digital service.

8

In this section—

“digital registration number” has the same meaning as in section 10B(1) of the principal Act;

“the UK digital service” has the same meaning as in section 10ZF of the principal Act, and references to a form or application submitted through the UK digital service shall be construed in accordance with subsection (4) of that section.

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S. 6 applied with modifications by
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,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/2">regs. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/3">3</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/regulation/5">5</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/2250/schedule/1/part/III">Sch. 1 Pt. III</ref>
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</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c1039834">
<p>
S. 6 repealed (E.W.S.) (16.2.2001) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/2">s. 15(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/II">Sch. 7 Pt. II</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
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</note>
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<p>
Words in s. 6(1) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/2/a">Sch. 6 para. 14(2)(a)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/2/b">Sch. 6 para. 14(2)(b)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c1039837">
<p>
S. 6(1)(b): Word "and" omitted (1.12.2002) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13">2002 c. 13</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13/section/3/2/a">s. 3(2)(a)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648">S.I. 2002/1648</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/2">art. 4(2)</ref>
)
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c1039838">
<p>
S. 6(1)(ba)-(bc) inserted (1.12.2002) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13">2002 c. 13</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13/section/3/2/a">s. 3(2)(a)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648">S.I. 2002/1648</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/2">art. 4(2)</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c1039839">
<p>
S. 6(1A)(1B) inserted (1.12.2002) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13">2002 c. 13</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/13/section/3/2/b">s. 3(2)(b)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648">S.I. 2002/1648</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1648/article/4/2">art. 4(2)</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c1039840">
<p>
Words in s. 6(2) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/3/a">Sch. 6 para. 14(3)(a)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c1039841">
<p>
S. 6(2)(aa) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/3/b">Sch. 6 para. 14(3)(b)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c1039842">
<p>
S. 6(2)(b) modified by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/1111">S.I. 1986/1111</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/1111/regulation/62/5">reg. 62(5)</ref>
(as substituted 6.4.1992 by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/834">S.I. 1992/834</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/834/regulation/3/3">reg. 3(3)</ref>
subject as mentioned in reg. 2 of that Instrument)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c2006056">
<p>
Words in s. 6(2)(b) substituted (1.7.2008) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22">Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/10">ss. 10</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/11">11</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/18">18</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/20">20</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/47">47</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/61">61</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/74">74</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/section/77">77</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/22/schedule/1/paragraph/134">Sch. 1 para. 134</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/1316">S.I. 2008/1316</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/1316/article/2/3">arts. 2(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/1316/article/5/f/iv">5(f)(iv)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c2006011">
<p>
Words in s. 6(2)(c) inserted (5.12.2005) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/3129">The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3129)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/3129/article/4/4">art. 4(4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/3129/schedule/4/paragraph/7/2">Sch. 4 para. 7(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c1039843">
<p>
Words in s. 6(2)(c) inserted (16.2.2001) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/3">Sch. 6 para. 14(3)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c1039844">
<p>
S. 6(2A) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/4">Sch. 6 para. 14(4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c1039845">
<p>
S. 6(3)(a) repealed (16.2.2001) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15">s. 15</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/5">Sch. 6 para. 14(5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/7/part/III">Sch. 7 Pt. III</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c1039846">
<p>
Words in s. 6(4)(b) inserted (16.2.2001) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2">2000 c. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/section/15/1">s. 15(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/6/paragraph/14/6">Sch. 6 para. 14(6)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116">S.I. 2001/116</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/116/article/2/5">art. 2(3)-(5)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-f4c660b453cceabafcded90b31e9f16c">
<p>
S. 6(2)(za) inserted (15.9.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116">The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/5/3/a">5(3)(a)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-acf97cab44da9059dcaef3dce8a8c4f6">
<p>
S. 6(4)(ba) inserted (15.9.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116">The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/1/1">arts. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1116/article/5/3/b">5(3)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-347b6dc0525cbb8ea3354da012822f60">
<p>
Words in s. 6(1)(bb) inserted (31.5.2018) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/3/2/a">3(2)(a)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de">
<p>
S. 6(1)(bba) inserted (31.5.2018) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/3/2/b">3(2)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-2a74253bdeea11b403400b34b938080a">
<p>
S. 6(1ZA) inserted (31.5.2018) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/699/regulation/3/3">3(3)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3">
<p>
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/6/7" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/6/7B">S. 6(7)-(7B)</rref>
substituted for
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/6/7">s. 6(7)</ref>
(6.7.2020) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/581)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581/regulation/9/2">9(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-83f74e4de97845b050acc768041718e5">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/section/6/8">s. 6(8)</ref>
substituted (6.7.2020) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581">The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/581)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/581/regulation/9/3">9(3)</ref>
</p>
</note>
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<heading> Voting at parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom and local government elections in Great Britain</heading>
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<heading> Absent vote at elections for an indefinite period.</heading>
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<ins class="d30p836">1</ins>
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<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">Where a person applies to the registration officer to vote by post, or to vote by proxy, at parliamentary elections, </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039835" marker="F2" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d30p836">. . . for an indefinite period, the registration officer shall grant the application (subject to subsection (6) below) if—</ins>
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<paragraph eId="section-6-1-a">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">he is satisfied that the applicant is eligible for an absent vote at </ins>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p853 first last">
<noteRef href="#c1039836" marker="F3" class="commentary attribute F"/>
parliamentary elections
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d30p836"> for an indefinite period,</ins>
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<paragraph eId="section-6-1-b">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">b</ins>
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">he is satisfied that the applicant is or will be registered in the register for such elections, </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039837" marker="F4" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d30p836">. . .</ins>
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ba
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p865">the application states the applicant’s date of birth and the registration officer is satisfied that the date stated corresponds with the date supplied as the date of the applicant’s birth pursuant to section 10(4A)(b), 10A(1A)(b) or 13A(2A)(b) of the principal Act,</ins>
</ins>
</p>
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<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p865">bb</ins>
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in the case of an applicant other than one who is or will be digitally registered,
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</ins>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p865"> the application is signed and (unless section 10(4B), 10A(1B) or 13A(2B) of the principal Act applies) the registration officer is satisfied that the signature on the application corresponds with the signature supplied as the applicant’s signature pursuant to section 10(4A)(a), 10A(1A)(a) or 13A(2A)(a) of the principal Act,</ins>
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<ins class="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de-1531297603734">in the case of an applicant who is or will be digitally registered, the registration officer is satisfied that the application—</ins>
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<ins class="key-f4538941418acd0c5ade2674e06c06de-1531297603734 last">includes the digital registration number allocated to the applicant by the officer,</ins>
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<num>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p865">bc</ins>
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p865 last">the application either states the applicant’s national insurance number or states that he does not have one, and the registration officer is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1A) below, and</ins>
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</p>
</content>
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<paragraph eId="section-6-1-c">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">c</ins>
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<p>
<ins class="d30p836">the application meets the prescribed requirements.</ins>
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<ins class="key-2a74253bdeea11b403400b34b938080a-1531297625141 last">In the case of an applicant who is or will be digitally registered, if the registration officer is satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable for the applicant to sign in a consistent and distinctive way because of blindness or any other disability of that person or because that person is unable to read, the officer may make a determination to that effect.</ins>
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1A
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<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p891">For the purposes of subsection (1)(bc) above, the registration officer must be satisfied—</ins>
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<ins class="d30p891">a</ins>
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p891">if the application states a national insurance number, that the requirements of subsection (1B) below are met, or</ins>
</ins>
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p891">if the application states that the applicant does not have a national insurance number, that no such number was supplied as his national insurance number pursuant to section 10(4A)(c)(i), 10A(1A)(c)(i) or 13A(2A)(c)(i) of the principal Act.</ins>
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<num>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p891">1B</ins>
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<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p891">The requirements of this subsection are met if—</ins>
</ins>
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<paragraph eId="section-6-1B-a">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p891">a</ins>
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p891">the number stated as mentioned in subsection (1A)(a) above is the same as the one supplied as the applicant’s national insurance number pursuant to section 10(4A)(c)(i), 10A(1A)(c)(i) or 13A(2A)(c)(i) of the principal Act, or</ins>
</ins>
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<num>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p891">b</ins>
</ins>
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="d30p891 last">no national insurance number was supplied under any of those provisions, but the registration officer is not aware of any reason to doubt the authenticity of the application.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
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<num>
<ins class="d30p836">2</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">For the purposes of this section, a person is eligible for an absent vote at parliamentary </ins>
<noteRef href="#c1039840" marker="F7" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d30p836">. . . elections for an indefinite period—</ins>
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<paragraph eId="section-6-2-a">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">if he is or will be registered as a service voter,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-2-aa">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c1039841" marker="F8" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d30p836">aa</ins>
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
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<num>
<noteRef href="#c1039842" marker="C2" class="commentary C"/>
<ins class="d30p836">b</ins>
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<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">if he cannot reasonably be expected—</ins>
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<num>
<ins class="d30p836">i</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">to go in person to the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to him under the appropriate rules, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
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<subparagraph eId="section-6-2-b-ii">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">ii</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">to vote unaided there,</ins>
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<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">by reason of blindness or other </ins>
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<noteRef href="#c2006056" marker="F9" class="commentary attribute F"/>
disability
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d30p836"> ,</ins>
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<paragraph eId="section-6-2-c">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">c</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">if he cannot reasonably be expected to go in person to that polling station by reason of the general nature of his occupation, service or employment or that of his spouse </ins>
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<ins class="d30p981 first last">
<noteRef href="#c2006011" marker="F10" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or civil partner
</ins>
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<ins class="d30p836">, </ins>
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<noteRef href="#c1039843" marker="F11" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or by reason of his attendance on a course provided by an educational institution or that of his spouse
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or civil partner
</ins>
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<ins class="d30p836"> or</ins>
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<paragraph eId="section-6-2-d">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">d</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">if he cannot go in person from his qualifying address to that polling station without making a journey by air or sea,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">and is also eligible for an absent vote at parliamentary elections for an indefinite period if he is or will be registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration.</ins>
</p>
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<num>
<noteRef href="#c1039844" marker="F12" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d30p836">2A</ins>
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
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<subsection eId="section-6-3">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">3</ins>
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<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">The registration officer shall keep a record of those whose applications under this section have been granted showing—</ins>
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<num>
<noteRef href="#c1039845" marker="F13" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d30p836">a</ins>
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
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</content>
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<num>
<ins class="d30p836">b</ins>
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">in the case of those who may vote by post, the addresses provided by them in their applications as the addresses to which their ballot papers are to be sent, and</ins>
</p>
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<paragraph eId="section-6-3-c">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">c</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">in the case of those who may vote by proxy, the names and addresses of those appointed as their proxies.</ins>
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<subsection eId="section-6-4">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">4</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">The registration officer shall remove a person from the record kept under subsection (3) above—</ins>
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<paragraph eId="section-6-4-a">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">if he applies to the registration officer to be removed,</ins>
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<paragraph eId="section-6-4-b">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">in the case of any registered person, if he ceases to be registered or registered at the same qualifying address or ceases to be, or becomes, registered as a service voter or in pursuance of </ins>
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<noteRef href="#c1039846" marker="F14" class="commentary attribute F"/>
a declaration of local connection or
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<ins class="d30p836"> an overseas elector’s declaration, or</ins>
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<p>
<ins class="d30p836">if the registration officer gives notice that he has reason to believe there has been a material change of circumstances.</ins>
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<ins class="d30p836">5</ins>
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">A person shown in the record kept under subsection (3) above as voting by post or, as the case may be, voting by proxy may subsequently alter his choice (subject to subsection (6) below) on an application to the registration officer that meets the prescribed requirements and the registration officer shall amend the record accordingly.</ins>
</p>
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<num>
<ins class="d30p836">6</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">A person applying to vote by post must provide an address in the United Kingdom as the address to which his ballot paper is to be sent.</ins>
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<ins class="d30p836">7</ins>
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<p>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="substitution key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208156529 last">For the purposes of this section, a person is to be treated as a person who is or will be digitally registered if the person meets the condition in subsection (7A) or the condition in subsection (7B).</ins>
</ins>
</p>
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<subsection eId="section-6-7A">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208216428 first">
<noteRef href="#key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3" marker="F20" class="commentary attribute F"/>
7A
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</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208216428">A person meets the condition in this subsection if—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-6-7A-a">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208216428">a</ins>
</ins>
</num>
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<p>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208216428">the person’s registration in the register of parliamentary electors is or will be pursuant to an application submitted through the UK digital service, and</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-7A-b">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208216428">b</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208216428 last">where, since the submission of that application, any form has been completed in respect of the person in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the principal Act, the last such form was submitted through the UK digital service.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-7B">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208258406 first">
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7B
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</ins>
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<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208258406">A person meets the condition in this subsection if—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-6-7B-a">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208258406">a</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208258406">the last form to be completed in respect of the person in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the principal Act was submitted through the UK digital service, and</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-7B-b">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208258406">b</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">
<ins class="key-6d53432b4d0802a72c5db2d56cc24bf3-1600208258406 last">where, since the submission of that form, any application for registration in the register of parliamentary electors has been made in respect of the person, the last such application was submitted through the UK digital service.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-8">
<num>
<ins class="d30p836">8</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">In this section—</ins>
</p>
<blockList class="unordered">
<item>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">“digital registration number” has the same meaning as in section 10B(1) of the principal Act;</ins>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<ins class="d30p836">“the </ins>
<abbr class="Acronym" title="United Kingdom">
<ins class="d30p836">UK</ins>
</abbr>
<ins class="d30p836"> digital service” has the same meaning as in section 10ZF of the principal Act, and </ins>
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<ins class="substitution key-83f74e4de97845b050acc768041718e5-1600208489714 first last">
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references to a form or application
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d30p836"> submitted through the </ins>
<abbr class="Acronym" title="United Kingdom">
<ins class="d30p836">UK</ins>
</abbr>
<ins class="d30p836 last"> digital service shall be construed in accordance with subsection (4) of that section.</ins>
</p>
</item>
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</content>
</subsection>
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