PART IIIREGISTRATION

Determination of applications and objections

Circumstances when the power in section 10A(5)(b) of the 1983 Act appliesI133

1

Paragraph (2) below prescribes the circumstances when section 10A(5)(b) of the 1983 Act20 applies.

2

Those circumstances are–

a

where the registration officer–

i

has received an application under regulation 26 above which includes a statement to which paragraph (1)(c) of that regulation refers;

ii

has received a notice under regulation 37 below;

iii

has been given information by the elector that he has ceased to reside at the address in question or to satisfy the conditions for registration in section 4 of the 1983 Act21;

iv

has obtained evidence in pursuance of regulation 35 below which shows that the elector has ceased to reside at the address in question or to satisfy the conditions for registration in section 4 of the 1983 Act; or

v

has been notified by a relative or executor of the elector or by the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland that the elector has died; and

b

where–

i

the registration officer has required any person duly entered in a register in respect of an address to give him information, or to make a declaration under regulation 24 above, for the purpose of enabling the officer to determine whether–

a

that person remains resident at that address, or

b

otherwise satisfies the conditions for registration set out in section 4 of the 1983 Act, and

ii

the person has not within the period of one month from the date of the requisition complied with it in a manner which the officer considers satisfactory (or has not within that period complied with it at all).

3

Nothing in this regulation applies to a person registered in pursuance of–

a

an application made by virtue of section 7(2) or 7A(2) of the 1983 Act22; or

b

a declaration of local connection, a service declaration or an overseas elector’s declaration.

4

In this regulation–

  • “elector” means a person who is duly entered in a register in respect of an address; and

  • “relative” means a F1spouse, civil partner, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child or grandchild.