5.—(1) Schedule 2 (provisions which may be contained in regulations as to registration etc.) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1B(1), after “canvass form” insert “ or communication ”.

(3) In paragraph 3C—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for “in Great Britain” substitute “ for the purposes of a register of local government electors in Scotland or Wales ”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A) Provision authorising or requiring a registration officer conducting a canvass for the purposes of a register of parliamentary electors in Great Britain, or a register of local government electors in England—

(a) to take specified steps for the purpose of obtaining any information that a registration officer may or must require persons to give by virtue of regulations under paragraph 1B(1) in respect of a particular address,

(b) to take specified steps for the purpose of obtaining information where no response is received in respect of a particular address.”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (3), after “sub-paragraph (1)” insert “ , (1A) ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 5 in force at 31.12.2019, see reg. 1(3)