The Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001

Transmission of service declaration E+W

16.—(1) A service declaration made by a member of the forces or his spouse [F1 or civil partner] shall be transmitted to the appropriate registration officer.

(2) A service declaration made by a person who is or will be a Crown servant or by his spouse [F2 or civil partner] shall be transmitted by the declarant to the Government department under which that person or his spouse is or will be employed or to an officer designated by that department and transmitted by that department or officer to the appropriate registration officer.

(3) A service declaration made by a person who is or will be a British Council employee or by his spouse [F3 or civil partner] shall be transmitted by the declarant to the British Council and transmitted by the British Council to the appropriate registration officer.

(4) In this regulation, the “appropriate registration officer” means the registration officer for the area within which is situated the address specified in the declaration in accordance with section 16(d) or the 1983 Act(1).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 16(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2114), art. 1, Sch. 8 para. 1(3)

F2 Words in reg. 16(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2114), art. 1, Sch. 8 para. 1(3)

F3 Words in reg. 16(3) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2114), art. 1, Sch. 8 para. 1(3)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 16 in force at 16.2.2001, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

Section 16(d) was amended by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act.