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

[F1 Reminders to overseas electors who have an anonymous entry E+W

25ZA.— (1) This regulation applies to each person who—

(a) is registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration, and

(b) has an anonymous entry.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the registration officer must, during the reminder period, send to a person to whom this regulation applies (“P”) a reminder that—

(a) P’s entitlement to registration will terminate on the determined date, and

(b) if P wishes to remain—

(i) entered in the register anonymously after that date, P must make a fresh application under section 9B(1)(b) of the 1983 Act for an anonymous entry;

(ii) entered in the register after that date without an anonymous entry, P must make a fresh application under section 10ZC of the 1983 Act together with a fresh overseas elector’s declaration.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply where the registration officer has already received from P a fresh application under section 9B(1)(b) or section 10ZC of the 1983 Act.

(4) A reminder under paragraph (2) may be sent to P’s address by post or sent to P by electronic means.

(5) In paragraph (2)—

“the determined date” is the date on which P’s entitlement to remain registered will terminate under section 9C(1)(a) of the 1983 Act;

“the reminder period” means the period beginning 3 months before and ending 2 months before the determined date.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 25ZA inserted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 5(5)