PART 4N.I.ABSENT VOTERS

Notice of appealN.I.

63.—(1) A person desiring to appeal under section 58(1)(b) of the 1983 Act(1) against the decision of a registration officer must give notice [F1in writing] of the appeal to the registration officer within 14 days of the receipt of the notice given under regulation 62(4), specifying the grounds of appeal.

(2) The registration officer shall forward any such notice to the appropriate county court together with a statement of the material facts which in his opinion have been established in the case, of his decision upon the whole case and on any point which may be specified as a ground of appeal.

(3) Where it appears to the registration officer that any notices of appeal given to him are based on similar grounds, he shall inform the county court of this to enable the court (if it thinks fit) to consolidate the appeals or select a case as a test case.

(1)

1983 c. 2; section 58 was substituted by Schedule 4 to the Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2006.