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- reg. 20(5A) inserted by 2014 c. 13 s. 15(2)(b)
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- reg. 22(3)(d) and word inserted by 2014 c. 13 s. 15(3)(b)
- reg. 22(6) inserted by 2014 c. 13 s. 15(3)(f)
- reg. 38C(3)(t) inserted by S.I. 2022/1382 reg. 41(c)
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42.—(1) The authorities set out in paragraph (2) are specified authorities for the purposes of regulation 41.
(2) The specified authorities are—
(a)district councils;
(b)the Registrar General of Births and Deaths in Northern Ireland;
[F1(c) the Regional Business Services Organisation];
(d)the Department for Work and Pensions;
[F2(da)the Northern Ireland Office;]
(e)secondary schools within the meaning of article 2 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(1); F3...
[F4(ea)institutions of further education within the meaning of article 2 of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997; and]
(f)the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
(3) For the purposes of regulation 41 the specified information is such of the information set out in paragraphs (4) to (6) as is, in the opinion of the registration officer, required to maintain the accuracy of the register and to ensure that it is comprehensive.
(4) The specified information in respect of persons is such of the following information which relates to a person aged 16 or over—
(a)his name and [F5any previous] name;
(b)his address and last former address;
(c)his date of birth;
(d)his date of death; and
(e)his national insurance number.
(5) The specified information in respect of residential buildings is—
(a)the postal address;
(b)information relating to any change in the usage of the building from residential to non-residential; and
(c)information relating to the current occupants and the last former occupants of the building.
(6) The specified information in respect of non-residential buildings is information relating to any change in the usage of the building from non-residential to residential.
(7) For the purpose of this regulation “residential buildings” includes residential buildings which are under construction and to which a postal address has been assigned.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 42(2)(c) substituted (4.2.2010) by The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/278), regs. 1(2), 4(2)
F2Reg. 42(2)(da) inserted (18.7.2013) by The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1846), regs. 1(1), 2
F3Word in reg. 42(2) omitted (4.2.2010) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/278), regs. 1(2), 4(3)
F4Reg. 42(2)(ea) inserted (4.2.2010) by The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/278), regs. 1(2), 4(3)
F5Words in reg. 42(4)(a) substituted (31.5.2018) by The Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699), regs. 1(2), 19
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 42 modified (13.3.2014) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c. 13), ss. 20(5), 28(1)(e)
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