SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Amendments to do with Part 1

Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)

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(1)

Section 10 (maintenance of the registers: duty to conduct canvass) is amended as follows.

(2)

Omit subsection (1).

(3)

In subsection (2), omit “(1) or”.

(4)

In subsection (3)—

(a)

after “canvass” insert “ under this section ”;

(b)

omit paragraph (c) and the “or” before it.

(5)

For subsection (4) substitute—

“(4)

The form to be used for the purposes of a canvass under this section must be a form prescribed for those purposes.”

(6)

In subsection (4A), omit “for the purposes of a canvass in Northern Ireland”.

(7)

In subsection (5), for “a registration officer” substitute “ under this section the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland ”.

(8)

In subsection (6), for “a registration officer” substitute “ under this section the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland ”.

(9)

In the heading, after “canvass” insert “ in Northern Ireland ”.