Electoral registration and administration
I118Chief Electoral Officer: duty to take necessary steps
1
In the Representation of the People Act 1983 (“RPA 1983”)—
a
section 9A (duty of registration officers to take necessary steps) extends to Northern Ireland (as well as Great Britain), and
b
in section 9 (registers of electors), omit subsection (6) (duty of registration officers in Northern Ireland to take reasonable steps).
2
In consequence of subsection (1)(a), in section 78(2)(a) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (which confined the extent of section 9A of RPA 1983 to Great Britain), for “9” substitute “
9(2)
”
.
3
Section 9A of RPA 1983 is amended as follows—
a
in subsection (1), for the words from “for the purpose of securing” to the end substitute
—
a
in the case of a registration officer in Great Britain, for the purpose of securing that, so far as is reasonably practicable, persons who are entitled to be registered in a register (and no others) are registered in it, and
b
in the case of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland, for the purpose of meeting the relevant registration objectives.
b
in subsection (2)(a), after “section 9D” insert “
or 10
”
;
c
in subsection (2)(b), for “subsection (5) of that section” substitute “
section 9D(5) or 10(5)
”
.
4
In Schedule 1 to the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (application, with modifications, of provisions of RPA 1983 to local elections), in Part 1 (provisions applied), after “Sections 9,” insert “
9A,
”
.