SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Transitional provision to do with Part 1

PART 2Removal of existing registrations by end of the third new canvass

Removal of certain existing registrations after the first new canvass

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1

A registration officer in Great Britain must, immediately before the publication of a register following the first new canvass, remove the entry of a person (“P”) if—

a

P's entry was carried forward on the conclusion of the final old canvass,

b

P has not made a new application for registration in the register, and

c

at the first new canvass, no canvass form has been completed and returned in respect of P and the address to which the entry relates.

2

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), P's entry on the register was carried forward on the conclusion of the final old canvass if—

a

P's entitlement to remain registered in the register terminated on the conclusion of the final old canvass by virtue of section 10A(5)(a) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, but

b

in accordance with regulations under section 10A(7) of that Act, P's entry was not removed from the register.

3

In this paragraph “the final old canvass” means the final canvass under section 10(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.