The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

Other determinations by registration officer of entitlement to registration

34.—(1) The registration officer must discharge the functions specified in paragraph (2) in accordance with regulations 35 to 38.

(2) The functions specified in this paragraph are—

(a) determining, under the following provisions, whether a person was entitled to be registered—

(i) sections 7(3)(aa), 7A(3)(aa), 7C(2)(aa), and 15(2)(aa) of the 1983 Act,(1) and

(ii) section 2(2)(aa) of the 1985 Act(2);

(b) determining under section 10A(5)(b) of the 1983 Act(3) whether a person—

(i) was entitled to be registered;

(ii) has ceased to be resident at the address in respect of which he is entered in the register or otherwise ceased to satisfy the conditions for registration set out in section 4 of the 1983 Act(4).

(1)

Section 7 was substituted by, and sections 7A to 7C were inserted by, respectively, sections 4, 5 and 6 of the 2000 Act (c.2). Section 15(2) was substituted by paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 1 to that Act. Sections 7(3)(aa), 7A(3)(aa), 7C(2)(aa) and 15(2)(aa) were inserted by, respectively, section 12(1), (2), (3) and (7) of the 2006 Act (c.22).

(2)

1985 c. 50; section 2 was substituted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2000 Act; subsection (2)(aa) was inserted by section 12(9) of the 2006 Act .

(3)

Section 10A was substituted together with section 10 for section 10 as originally enacted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act and subsection (5)(b) was substituted by section 12(5)(b) of the 2006 Act.

(4)

Section 4 was substituted by section 1(2) of the 2000 Act.