26E.—(1) This regulation applies where—
(a)a person makes an application under section 10ZC of the 1983 Act in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration (“the applicant”),
(b)the registration officer has required the applicant to provide additional evidence in accordance with regulation 26D, and
(c)the registration officer considers that additional evidence is necessary in order to satisfy the registration officer that the applicant was resident at the relevant address, including where the applicant is unable to provide the evidence required under regulation 26D(2).
(2) The registration officer may require that the applicant give an attestation of previous residence which must—
(a)confirm that the applicant was resident at the relevant address, and
(b)give an indication of the dates between which, to the best of the qualifying attestor’s knowledge, the applicant was resident at that address.
(3) In this regulation—
“qualifying attestor” has the meaning given in regulation 26I(3);
“relevant address” means the address provided by the applicant in accordance with section 1C(2)(a)(i), (3)(a)(i) or (4) of the 1985 Act.]
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