SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Transitional provision to do with Part 1

PART 4Absent voting

Entitlement to absent vote ceases after first new canvass if no successful new application for registration or confirmation of registration

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1

Sub-paragraph (2) applies if, on the day on which a registration officer in Great Britain publishes a register following the first new canvass—

a

a person is shown in the absent voters' record as the result of an application made in reliance on the person's registration in the register, and

b

the person was registered in the register immediately before the commencement date and has not had his or her entitlement to remain registered confirmed or made a successful new application for registration in the register.

2

The officer must remove the person's entry from the absent voters' record so far as the entry concerns elections of the kind to which the register relates.

3

“Absent voters' record” means the record kept under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000.

4

Sub-paragraph (5) applies if, on the day on which a registration officer in Great Britain publishes a register following the first new canvass—

a

a person is shown in an absent voters' list as the result of an application made in reliance on the person's registration in the register, and

b

the person was registered in the register immediately before the commencement date and has not had his or her entitlement to remain registered confirmed or made a successful new application for registration in the register.

5

The officer must remove the person's entry from the absent voters' list.

6

“Absent voters' list” means the list mentioned in paragraph 5(2) or (3) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000.

7

If a registration officer removes a person's entry from an absent voters' record or list, the officer must—

a

notify the person in the prescribed manner, and

b

take any other prescribed steps.

8

This paragraph does not apply in relation to a person who is a relevant person for the purposes of Part 5 or 6 of this Schedule.