22.—(1) Where the registration officer is satisfied that the declarant qualifies as an overseas elector under the provisions of [F1section 1A] of the 1985 Act, he shall so notify the declarant.
(2) Where the registration officer rejects an application for registration in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration because—
(a)in his opinion the declarant does not qualify as an overseas elector under [F2section 1A] of the 1985 Act, or
(b)the declaration does not satisfy the requirements of [F3section 1C of the 1985 Act or regulation 18], F4...
F4(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F5the registration officer must notify the declarant in writing and set out the officer’s reasons for rejecting the application for registration.]
F6(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 22(1) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 4(5)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 2(a))
F2Words in reg. 22(2)(a) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 4(5)(b)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 2(a))
F3Words in reg. 22(2)(b) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 4(5)(b)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2(a))
F4Reg. 22(2)(c) and word omitted (16.1.2024) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 4(5)(b)(iii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2(a))
F5Words in reg. 22(2) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 4(5)(b)(iv) (with Sch. 2 para. 2(a))
F6Reg. 22(3) revoked (31.12.2020) by The European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1310), reg. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Table 1 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2(2))
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 22 in force at 16.2.2001, see reg. 1(1)