26.—(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 Act(1) 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.
[F2(e)in the case of an applicant [F3whose application is not accompanied by an application for an anonymous entry and] who requests that his name and address be omitted from the edited version of the register, that request]
[F4(f)except in the case of a person applying to be registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration, the applicant’s nationality;]
[F5(g)in the case of an applicant whose application is accompanied by an application for an anonymous entry, that fact.]
(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 [F6overseas elector’s declaration], the declaration in question shall accompany the application.
(3) An application [F7for 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.
[F8(6) Where the registration officer provides the form on which an application for registration is made, the form of words in [F9Part 2 of the Schedule, or a form of words to the same effect, to the Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (Scotland) Regulations 2006] 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.]
[F10(10) Paragraphs (6) to (9) do not apply to an application for registration which is accompanied by an application for an anonymous entry.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 26(1) inserted (1.8.2002) by Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1872), regs. 2(1), 7(2)
F2Reg. 26(1)(e) inserted (1.8.2002) by Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1872), regs. 2(1), 7(3)
F3Words in reg. 26(1)(e) inserted (1.4.2007) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 6(2)
F4Reg. 26(1)(f) inserted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/834), regs. 1(1), 2
F5Reg. 26(1)(g) inserted (1.4.2007) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 6(3)
F6Words in reg. 26(2) substituted (1.8.2002) by Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1872), regs. 2(1), 7(4)
F7Words in reg. 26(3) substituted (1.8.2002) by Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1872), regs. 2(1), 7(5)
F8Reg. 26(6)-(9) inserted (1.8.2002) by Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1872), regs. 2(1), 7(6)
F9Words in reg. 26(6) substituted (20.7.2006) by The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1836), regs. 1(1), 4(1)
F10Reg. 26(10) inserted (1.4.2007) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 6(4)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 26 in force at 16.2.2001, see reg. 1(1)
Sections 10A and 13A were substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act.