Notification about registration as overseas electorN.I.
23.—(1) Where the registration officer is satisfied that the declarant qualifies as an overseas elector under [F1section 1A] of the 1985 Act, he shall so notify the declarant [F2in writing].
(2) Where the registration officer rejects an application for registration in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration because—
(a)in his opinion the declarant does not qualify as an overseas elector under [F3section 1A] of the 1985 Act, or
(b)the declaration does not satisfy the requirements of [F4section 1C] of the 1985 Act or regulation 20 F5..., F3...
F6(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F7the registration officer must notify the declarant in writing and set out their reasons for rejecting the application.]
F8(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 23(1) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/43), regs. 1(1), 7(a)(i) (with reg. 27(1))
F2Words in reg. 23(1) inserted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/43), regs. 1(1), 7(a)(ii) (with reg. 27(1))
F3Words in reg. 23(2)(a) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/43), regs. 1(1), 7(b)(i) (with reg. 27(1))
F4Words in reg. 23(2)(b) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/43), regs. 1(1), 7(b)(ii) (with reg. 27(1))
F5Words in reg. 23(2)(b) omitted (31.5.2018) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699), regs. 1(2), 14(2)
F6Reg. 23(2)(c) and word omitted (16.1.2024) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/43), regs. 1(1), 7(b)(iii) (with reg. 27(1))
F7Words in reg. 23(2) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/43), regs. 1(1), 7(b)(iv) (with reg. 27(1))
F8Reg. 23(3) revoked (31.12.2020) by The European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1310), reg. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Table 1 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2(2))