The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

[F1Retention of [F2registration information]N.I.

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27A.—(1) In respect of any application for registration, until the application has been determined, the registration officer—

(a)shall retain the application form or, in the case of an application submitted through the UK digital service, the information contained in the application; and

(b)may retain any other documentation or information provided to the registration officer in connection with the application.

(2) After the determination of the application, the registration officer may continue to retain any information or document mentioned in paragraph (1) until such time as the officer considers that it is not required for or in connection with the exercise of the officer’s functions.]

[F3(3) In respect of any relevant canvass form, until the end of the register alteration day, the registration officer—

(a)shall retain the canvass form or, in the case of a canvass form submitted through the UK digital service, the information contained in the form; and

(b)may retain any other documentation or information provided to the registration officer in connection with the submission of the form.

(4) After the register alteration day, the registration officer may continue to retain any information or document mentioned in paragraph (3) until such time as the officer considers that it is not required for or in connection with the exercise of the officer’s functions.

(5) In this regulation—

“relevant canvass form” means a canvass form completed in respect of any address in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the 1983 Act;

“register alteration day” means, in respect of a relevant canvass form, the day on which the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland has determined what alterations to the officer’s registers fall to be made as a result of the submission of that canvass form.]

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