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32ZB.—(1) If a registration officer has sent an annual canvass form to an address but has not received information in response to the annual canvass form in respect of that address within a reasonable time of sending the form, the officer must send a second canvass form to that address.
(2) If no information in response is received in respect of a second form sent under paragraph (1) within a reasonable time of sending the second form, the registration officer must send a third canvass form to that address.
(3) A registration officer may visit the address at any stage in order to obtain the information required by the canvass form and must make or have made one visit if no information has been received in response to a third canvass form sent under paragraph (2).
(4) The second and third canvass forms, if required, must be in the same form as the first canvass form.
(5) The registration officer must take the steps required by paragraphs (1) to (3) before publishing a revised register under section 13(1)(a) of the 1983 Act.
[F2(5A) The registration officer is not required by paragraph (1), (2) or (3) to take any steps if, before the officer would otherwise be required to do so—
(a)the registration officer receives an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD of the 1983 Act;
(b)that application contains information provided by the applicant in accordance with regulation 26(3)(eb) which indicates that the applicant is the only person aged 14 or over resident at the address in respect of which the application is made; and
(c)the registration officer determines that the applicant is entitled to be registered in respect of that address.]
(6) This regulation does not apply where a registration officer, having inspected records under regulation 35, concludes that there is no-one residing at the address or that the address is solely of business premises.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 32ZA-32ZI inserted (10.6.2014) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Description of Electoral Registers and Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3206), regs. 1(5)(c), 22 (as amended by S.I. 2014/1250, regs. 1, 4)
F2Reg. 32ZB(5A) inserted (27.4.2017) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/604), regs. 1, 7
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 32ZB excluded (temp. until 6.7.2018) by The Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme (Scotland) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/605), arts. 1(1), 4
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