The Voter Identification Regulations 2022

Issuing of electoral identity documents and anonymous elector’s documents E+W+S

16.—(1) Where the registration officer grants an identity document application, the registration officer must issue the applicant with an electoral identity document or, as the case may be, an anonymous elector’s document which must—

(a) use the version of the design for that document most recently made available to the registration officer in accordance with regulation 15,

(b) state—

(i) in the case of an electoral identity document, the applicant’s full name,

(ii) in the case of an anonymous elector’s document, the applicant’s electoral number,

(c) contain the photograph of the applicant provided in accordance with regulation 4(3),

(d) state the date of issue,

(e) state an appropriate identifier, and

(f) in the case of an electoral identity document, state—

(i) the name of the local authority by which the registration officer is appointed, and

(ii) states the recommended renewal date for the document.

(2) In paragraph (1)(b)(ii), the applicant’s “electoral number” is the number—

(a) allocated to the applicant as stated in the register of electors, or

(b) where an entry related to the applicant is added to the register in pursuance of a notice issued under section 13A(2), 13AB(2), 13B(3), (3B) or (3D) or 13BC(3) or (6) of the 1983 Act, as stated in the copy of that notice.

(3) In paragraph (1)(e), an “appropriate identifier” is an identifier made up of up to 20 numbers or letters which—

(a) is allocated by the registration officer in respect of an electoral identity document or, as the case may be, an anonymous elector’s document, and

(b) is not an identifier allocated by that registration officer in respect of any other electoral identity document or anonymous elector’s document.

(4) In paragraph (1)(f)(ii), the “recommended renewal date” for an electoral identity document is the date which is the tenth anniversary of the date of issue of that document.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 16 in force at 16.1.2023, see reg. 1(3)