The European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004

Persons under the age of 18 E+W+S

Entitlement to registration of person under the age of 18 E+W+S

5.—(1) A person otherwise qualified for registration is (despite sections 15(1)(d) and 16(1)(d) and (2)(d) of the 2003 Act) entitled to be registered in the register if he will attain voting age before the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the 1st December next following the relevant date, but—

(a) his entry in the register shall give the date on which he will attain that age; and

(b) until the date given in the entry he shall not by virtue of the entry be treated as an elector for any purposes other than those of an election the date of the poll for which is the date so given or any later date.

(2) In this paragraph “the relevant date”, in relation to a person, means—

(a) the date on which an application for registration is made (or, by virtue of paragraph 6, is treated as having been made) by him;

(b) in the case of a person applying for registration in pursuance of a declaration of local connection or a service declaration, the date on which the declaration was made.

Circumstances in which an application for registration in the Gibraltar register may be treated as having been made E+W+S

6.— [F1 (1)] Where—

(a) in connection with a canvass under paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the [F2 2004 Act], the form completed in respect of any address specifies any person as a person who is entitled to be registered in the register, and

(b) that person is not for the time being registered in the register in respect of that address,

he shall be treated as having made, on the canvass date (within the meaning of that [F3 Act]) in question, an application for registration in the register in respect of that address.

[F4 (2) Where—

(a) on the date this sub-paragraph comes into force, a person is registered under the law of Gibraltar as an elector for elections to the Gibraltar Parliament in respect of an address, and

(b) that person is not for the time being registered in the register in respect of that address,

that person is to be treated as having made, on the date this sub-paragraph comes into force, an application for registration in the register in respect of that address.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 para. 6(1) formed from Sch. 4 para. 6 (26.2.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/219), regs. 1, 82(a)

F2 Words in Sch. 4 substituted (30.1.2009) by The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/186), regs. 1(2), 42(3)

F3 Word in Sch. 4 substituted (30.1.2009) by The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/186), regs. 1(2), 42(2) (with reg. 42(3)(6))

F4 Sch. 4 para. 6(2) inserted (26.2.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/219), regs. 1, 82(b)

Alteration of Gibraltar register: pending elections E+W+S

F5 7.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 4 para. 7 omitted (30.1.2009) by virtue of The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/186), regs. 1(2), 42(7)