7. In regulation 32ZB (steps to be undertaken 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) The registration officer is not required by paragraph (1), (2) or (3) to take any steps if, before the officer would otherwise be required to do so—
(a)the registration officer receives an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD of the 1983 Act;
(b)that application contains information provided by the applicant in accordance with regulation 26(3)(eb) which indicates that the applicant is the only person aged 14 or over resident at the address in respect of which the application is made; and
(c)the registration officer determines that the applicant is entitled to be registered in respect of that address.”