7. In regulation 32ZB (steps to be taken by a registration officer where no information in response to an annual canvass form is received in respect of a particular address), after paragraph (5) insert—
“(5A) A registration officer is not required by paragraph (1), (2) or (3) to take any steps if, before he would otherwise be required to do so—
(a)the registration officer receives an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD of the 1983 Act;
(b)the application contains information provided by the applicant in accordance with regulation 26(3)(eb), which indicates that the applicant is the only person aged 16 or over resident at the address to which the annual canvass form was sent; and
(c)the registration officer has determined that the applicant is entitled to be registered in respect of that address.”