PART IIIREGISTRATION

INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTORS

Applications for registrationI126

1

An application for registration as a parliamentary or local government elector (or both) under section 10A(1)(a) or 13A(1)(a) of the 1983 Act17 shall F1, in addition to the requirements of section 10A(1A) and 13A(2A) of that Act, state–

a

the applicant’s full name;

b

the address in respect of which the applicant applies to be registered and at which he is resident on the date of the application;

c

any address in respect of which the applicant is currently registered as an elector, if he has ceased to reside at that address;

d

in the case of an applicant who has not attained the age of 18 years, his date of birth.

F2e

in the case of an applicant who requests that his name and address be omitted from the edited version of the register, that request

2

In the case of a person applying to be registered as a parliamentary or local government elector (or both) in pursuance of a service declaration, a declaration of local connection or an F5overseas elector’s declaration, the declaration in question shall accompany the application.

3

An application F4for registration shall include a declaration made by the applicant that–

a

the particulars given in accordance with paragraph (1) above are true;

b

subject to paragraph (5) below, in the case of an application by a relevant citizen of the Union for registration as a local government elector, he is such a citizen; and

c

in any other case, but subject to paragraph (5) below, he is a Commonwealth citizen or citizen of the Republic of Ireland.

4

An application for registration shall be made in writing to the registration officer and be signed and dated by the applicant.

5

Paragraph (3)(b) and (c) above does not apply to a person applying to be registered in pursuance of a service declaration or an overseas elector’s declaration.

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Where the registration officer provides the form on which an application for registration is made, the form of words in Part II of the Schedule, or a form of words to the same effect, to F6the Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 must form part of, or accompany, the application form.

7

Where an application for registration is made otherwise than on a form provided by the registration officer, that officer must on or before the determination of the application send to the applicant the form of words referred to in paragraph (6) above and must, at the same time, inform the applicant, in writing, that he may, before the end of the period of 21 days, starting with the day on which the officer sends that form of words to the applicant, make a request, in writing, to the registration officer that his name and address be excluded from the edited version of the register.

8

Where an applicant does not reply to the registration officer within the period of 21 days mentioned in paragraph (7) above, the registration officer shall assume that the applicant does not request that his name and address be excluded from the edited version of the register.

9

Where an applicant does reply to the registration officer within the period of 21 days mentioned in paragraph (7) above and in his response requests that his name and address be excluded from the edited version of the register, that request shall be treated as part of the application for registration.