The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

[F1Overseas electors: power to require additional evidence where applicant under 18 when last resident in the United KingdomN.I.

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27ZA.(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)a person has made an application to be registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration,

(b)the applicant has indicated that they were under the age of 18 years on the last day on which they were resident in the United Kingdom, and

(c)the registration officer considers that additional evidence is necessary to be satisfied that the applicant was resident at the address claimed as their qualifying address on that day.

(2) The registration officer may require the applicant to provide—

(a)the full name of a parent or guardian of the applicant who was resident at the address claimed as the qualifying address on the last day on which the applicant was resident in the United Kingdom, and

(b)an indication as to whether the parent or guardian was registered in the register in respect of that address on that day.

(3) Where the information provided in accordance with paragraph (2) is in relation to a parent, the applicant must also provide a copy of the applicant’s birth certificate showing the full name of that parent and the applicant’s date of birth.

(4) Where the information provided in accordance with paragraph (2) is in relation to a guardian, the registration officer may require the applicant to provide such documentary evidence as the registration officer considers appropriate confirming that the person named was a guardian of the applicant.]