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The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

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Preparation and publication of list of overseas electorsN.I.

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53.—(1) The registration officer shall prepare a list of the names of each person who appears to him to be entitled to be registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration (“the list of overseas electors”); and shall include in that list the address specified in that declaration in accordance with section 2(4) of the 1985 Act and regulation 20(1).

[F1(1A) But in the case of a person who has an anonymous entry, the list of overseas electors must contain only—

(a)the person’s electoral number, and

(b)the date on which the person’s entitlement to remain registered anonymously will terminate under section 9C(1A) of the 1983 Act (in the absence of a further application under section 9B of that Act).]

(2) In respect of each constituency there shall be a separate part of the list of overseas electors; and the names of the persons included in each part [F2who do not have an anonymous entry] shall be listed in alphabetical order [F3, followed by the electoral numbers of persons with an anonymous entry].

(3) At the time when the registration officer publishes a revised version of the register under section 13(1) of the 1983 Act, he shall publish the list of overseas electors by making a copy of it available for inspection under supervision at his office; and the list shall be kept so published until the next revised version of the register is published under section 13(1) of the 1983 Act.

(4) The name [F4(or, in the case of a person with an anonymous entry, electoral number)] of a person appearing to the registration officer to be entitled to be registered in pursuance of a European Parliamentary overseas elector’s declaration (and included in the list of overseas electors by virtue of regulation 14(5)) shall be marked with the letter “E”.

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