Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22)

Part 2 U.K. Registration of electors

9 Registration officers: duty to take necessary steps E+W+S

(1) After section 9 of the 1983 Act (registers of electors) insert—

“9A Registration 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.

(2) The steps include—

(a) sending more than once to any address the form to be used for the canvass under section 10 below;

(b) making on one or more occasions house to house inquiries under subsection (5) of that section;

(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.

(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.”

(2) Subsection (6) of section 9 of that Act is omitted.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 9 wholly in force at 11.9.2006, see s. 77(2)-(4) and S.I. 2006/1972 {art. 3}, Sch. 1 para. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2)