The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

[F1Notification of determination of application for electoral identity card N.I.

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13A.(1) Where the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland determines an application for an electoral identity card, they must notify the applicant of that determination, together with any other information required by this regulation.

(2) Where the Chief Electoral Officer refuses the application, they must also notify the applicant of—

(a)the reason for the refusal,

(b)the right of appeal under section 58(1)(bb) of the 1983 Act, and

(c)the time in which any notice of appeal under that section must be given (in accordance with regulation 13B(1)).

(3) Where the Chief Electoral Officer notifies the applicant other than by written notification, they must, as soon as reasonably practicable after that notification send a written notification containing the same information to the applicant’s address, as specified in the application.]