The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

The register N.I.

Separate part of register for each parliamentary polling district N.I.

47.  The register shall be framed in separate parts for each parliamentary polling district.

Different letter for each parliamentary polling district N.I.

48.  There shall be a different alphabetical letter or letters in the register for each parliamentary polling district and such letter or letters shall be deemed to form part of an elector’s number in the register.

Qualifying addresses which are not included in the register N.I.

49.—(1) Section 9(2)(b) of the 1983 Act(1) (which requires each register of parliamentary or local electors to contain the qualifying addresses of the persons registered in it) does not apply—

(a) to an address to which paragraph (2) or (4) applies; or

(b) which is specified in an overseas elector’s declaration in accordance with section 2(4)(b) or (c)(ii) of the 1985 Act(2).

(2) This paragraph applies to an address given by—

(a) a service voter in his service declaration; or

(b) a person who has made a declaration of local connection,

to which the condition in paragraph (3) applies.

(3) The condition is that it appears to the registration officer that an address specified in paragraph (2) is an address—

(a) at which the person making a declaration has resided; but

(b) which is not an address at which he is or would be residing but for the circumstances entitling him to make such a declaration.

(4) This paragraph applies to an address given in a declaration of local connection in accordance with section 7B(4)(b) of the 1983 Act(3).

Order of names N.I.

50.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the names and addresses of each separate part of the register shall be arranged in street order.

(2) If the registration officer determines for any part of the register that street order is not reasonably practicable, the names and addresses shall be arranged in alphabetical order or partly in street order and partly in alphabetical order.

(3) The name of any person whose qualifying address is not contained in a register by virtue of regulation 49 shall be grouped together in alphabetical order—

(a) at the end of that part of the register to which the address relates;

(b) beneath the heading “Other electors”; and

(c) without giving that address.

Marking of names N.I.

51.—(1) Paragraphs (3) to (7) specify the marks to appear against a person’s name in the register to indicate that he is registered in one or more of the four registers (those of: parliamentary electors; local electors; relevant citizens of the Union registered as European Parliamentary electors; and peers overseas registered as European Parliamentary overseas electors) which are required to be combined.

(2) Where no mark appears against a person’s name in the register of electors, this indicates that he is registered in the registers of parliamentary and local electors.

(3) To indicate that a relevant citizen of the Union is registered only in the register of local electors, the letter “G” shall be placed against his name.

(4) To indicate that such a citizen is registered in both that register and the register of such citizens registered as European Parliamentary electors, the letter “K” shall be placed against his name.

(5) To indicate that any other person is registered only in the register of local electors, the letter “L” shall be placed against this name.

(6) To indicate that an overseas elector is registered only in the register of parliamentary electors, the letter “F” shall be placed against his name.

(7) To indicate that a European Parliamentary overseas elector is registered only in the register of such electors, the letter “E” shall be placed against his name.

Publication of register N.I.

52.—(1) The manner in which each revised version of the full register is to be published under section 13(1) or (3) of the 1983 Act(4) is by the registration officer—

(a) making a printed copy of it available for inspection under supervision—

(i) at his office; and

(ii) at such places, if any, in each registration area as allow members of the public in that area reasonable facilities for that purpose; and

(b) supplying copies of it in accordance with Part 6 of these Regulations.

(2) The revised version of the register shall be kept published until the coming into force of the next revised version of it.

Preparation and publication of list of overseas electors N.I.

53.—(1) The registration officer shall prepare a list of the names of each person who appears to him to be entitled to be registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration (“the list of overseas electors”); and shall include in that list the address specified in that declaration in accordance with section 2(4) of the 1985 Act and regulation 20(1).

(2) In respect of each constituency there shall be a separate part of the list of overseas electors; and the names of the persons included in each part shall be listed in alphabetical order.

(3) At the time when the registration officer publishes a revised version of the register under section 13(1) of the 1983 Act, he shall publish the list of overseas electors by making a copy of it available for inspection under supervision at his office; and the list shall be kept so published until the next revised version of the register is published under section 13(1) of the 1983 Act.

(4) The name of a person appearing to the registration officer to be entitled to be registered in pursuance of a European Parliamentary overseas elector’s declaration (and included in the list of overseas electors by virtue of regulation 14(5)) shall be marked with the letter “E”.

(1)

1983 c.2; section 9 was substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act. Section 9 has also been amended by sections 9, 10 and Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act. However, these amendments do not extend to Northern Ireland.

(2)

1985 c.50; section 2 was substituted by Schedule 2 to the 2000 Act (c.2).

(3)

Section 7B was inserted by section 6 of the 2000 Act.

(4)

Section 13 was substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act (c.2) and subsection (1) was substituted by section 5 of the Miscellaneous Provisions Act (c.33).