The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

[F1 Attestations: general requirements N.I.

27ZH.— (1) For the purposes of regulations 25A to 25C and 27ZC to 27ZF, the general attestation requirements are that the attestation must—

(a) be in writing,

(b) be made by a qualifying attestor,

(c) state the full name, date of birth, present address and occupation of the qualifying attestor,

(d) state the address in respect of which the qualifying attestor is registered as an elector,

(e) state—

(i) where the qualifying attestor is registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration, the number of the qualifying attestor’s British or Irish passport together with its date and place of issue;

(ii) otherwise—

(aa) where the qualifying attestor is registered in respect of an address in Northern Ireland and has been allocated a digital registration number in accordance with section 10B of the 1983 Act (register of electors in Northern Ireland: digital registration number)(1), that digital registration number;

(bb) in all other cases, the qualifying attestor’s electoral number,

(f) if the attestation is required in connection with an application to be registered in pursuance of an overseas elector's declaration, provide an explanation as to the qualifying attestor’s ability to provide the information required about the applicant, including (but not limited to) the qualifying attestor’s connection to the applicant and the length of time that the connection has existed,

(g) state the name under which the qualifying attestor is registered in a register of parliamentary or local electors if their name has changed since the entry on the register was made,

(h) state that the qualifying attestor is aware of the penalty for providing false information to a registration officer,

(i) include a statement which confirms that all of the information provided in the attestation is true, and

(j) be signed and dated by the qualifying attestor.

(2) In this regulation, “qualifying attestor” has the meaning given in regulation 27ZI(1).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Regs. 27ZA-27ZI 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), 14 (with reg. 27(1))

(1)

The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland)(Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I.2007/1612)(“2007 Regulations”) amended the 2001 Regulations to make provision to enable the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland to request information from specified public authorities. The 2007 Regulations provided that these new powers did not require an authority to provide information which came into their possession before those Regulations came into force on 6th June 2007. These Regulations, which repeal and replace the 2007 Regulations maintain this position.