17(1)Section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 is amended as follows.
(2)After subsection (4) insert—
“(4A)For the purposes of subsections (3)(a) and (4)(c) above, a person who has an anonymous entry in a register of parliamentary electors or local government electors is not to be regarded as being included in that register.”
(3)In subsection (7), for “names” substitute “entries”.