PART IIIREGISTRATION

Information about electors

Reminders to electors registered pursuant to a declarationI125

1

This regulation applies in respect of a person registered in pursuance of—

a

a service declaration;

b

a declaration of local connection; and

c

an overseas elector’s declaration.

2

Subject to paragraph (4) below, the registration officer shall, during the relevant period, send to a person to whom this regulation applies a reminder of the need to make a fresh declaration if he wishes to remain registered as an elector in pursuance of such a declaration.

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In paragraph (2) “the relevant period” means—

a

except in cases to which sub-paragraph (b) applies, the period beginning nine months after the date when the existing entry in a register of the person in question first takes effect and ending ten months after that date, and

b

F1in the case of a person mentioned in section 14(1)(a) or (d) of the 1983 Act (members of the forces and their spouses or civil partners) who is registered in pursuance of a service declaration, the period beginning 57 months after the date when the existing entry in a register of the person in question first takes effect and ending 58 months after that date.

4

Paragraph (2) above does not apply in respect of a person to whom this regulation applies where—

a

the registration officer has already received from that person a fresh declaration, or

b

information which the registration officer has received indicates that that person is no longer entitled to make the relevant declaration.