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

Preparation and publication of list of overseas electors E+W

45.—(1) The registration officer shall prepare [F1 and maintain] a list of the names of each person who appears to him to be entitled to be registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration (“the list of overseas electors”); and shall include in that list the address specified in that declaration in accordance with [F2 section 1C(2)(a)(i), (3)(a)(i) or (4) of the 1985 Act and the elector’s present address].

[F3 (1A) But in the case of a person who has an anonymous entry, the list of overseas electors must contain only—

(a) the person’s electoral number, and

(b) the date on which the person’s entitlement to remain registered anonymously will terminate under section 9C(1) of the 1983 Act (in the absence of a further application under section 9B of that Act).]

(2) In respect of each constituency which is wholly or partly comprised in the area for which the registration officer acts there shall be a separate part of the list of overseas electors; and the names of the persons included in each part [F4 who do not have an anonymous entry must be listed in alphabetical order, followed by the electoral numbers of persons with an anonymous entry].

(3) At the time when the registration officer publishes a revised version of the register under section 13(1) of the 1983 Act, he shall publish the list of overseas electors by making a copy of it available for inspection [F5 under supervision] at his office; and the list shall be kept so published until the next revised version of the register is published under section 13(1) of the 1983 Act.

F6 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 45(1) inserted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 5(21)(a)(i) (with Sch. 2 para. 2(b))

F2 Words in reg. 45(1) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 5(21)(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2(b))

F3 Reg. 45(1A) inserted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 5(21)(b)

F4 Words in reg. 45(2) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 5(21)(c)

F5 Words in reg. 45(3) inserted (16.10.2002) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1871), regs. 2(2), 11 (with reg. 2(3))

F6 Reg. 45(4) 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

I1 Reg. 45 in force at 16.2.2001, see reg. 1(1)