26A.—(1) This regulation applies to a person (“P”) who has an anonymous entry in the register of parliamentary or local electors.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the registration officer must, during the relevant period, send to P a reminder [F2in writing] that P’s entitlement to be registered will terminate on the determined date and that—
(a)if P wishes to remain entered in the register anonymously after that date, P must make a fresh application for an anonymous entry under section 9B(1)(b) of the 1983 Act;
(b)if P wishes to remain entered in the register without an anonymous entry, P must make a fresh application for registration under section 10A(1)(a) of the 1983 Act.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply (or ceases to apply) where the registration officer has received from P a fresh application for an anonymous entry under section 9B(1)(b) of the 1983 Act.
(4) In this regulation—
“the determined date” is the date on which P’s entitlement to remain registered will terminate under section 9C(1A) of the 1983 Act;
“the relevant period” is the period beginning six months before the determined date and ending three months before that date.]
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