10ZBThe relevant registration objectives (Northern Ireland)

1

The relevant registration objectives are to secure, so far as reasonably practicable—

a

that every person who is entitled to be registered in a register is registered in it,

b

that no person who is not entitled to be registered in a register is registered in it, and

c

that none of the required information relating to any person registered in a register is false.

2

But, in applying subsection (1), the registrations of the persons mentioned in section 10(3) (registrations with which a canvass is not concerned) must be disregarded.

3

“Register” means a register maintained by the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland under section 9.

4

“The required information” means the following (as appearing in the register or other records of the Chief Electoral Officer)—

a

the person's name;

b

the person's qualifying address;

c

the person's date of birth;

d

subject to subsections (5) and (6), the person's signature;

e

the person's national insurance number or a statement that he does not have one.

5

The required information does not include the person's signature if—

a

the Chief Electoral Officer has dispensed with the requirement to provide a signature, or

b

other evidence of identity is required (instead of a signature) under a CORE scheme.

6

If under a CORE scheme other evidence is required instead of a signature, the required information includes that evidence.

7

“False”, in relation to a signature, means that the signature is not the usual signature of, or was written by a person other than, the person whose signature it purports to be.

8

“CORE scheme” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006.