The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 No. 1382

SCHEDULE 3 E+W+S Requirements for the design of anonymous elector’s documents, electoral identity documents, and temporary electoral identity documents

Requirements for the design of the electoral identity document E+W+S

2.—(1) The electoral identity document must be 297 millimetres in height and 210 millimetres in width.

(2) The design of the electoral identity document must include—

(a) each of the following, all on the front side of the document—

(i) space for the full name of the elector it is issued to;

(ii) space for a photograph of the elector it is issued to;

(iii) space for the date of issue of the document;

(iv) space for the appropriate identifier allocated to the document by the registration officer in accordance with regulation 16(1)(e);

(v) the words “Issued by the electoral registration officer appointed by” and space for the name of the local authority added to the document by the registration officer in accordance with regulation 16(1)(f)(i);

(vi) space for the recommended renewal date for the document to be added to the document by the registration officer in accordance with regulation 16(1)(f)(ii);

(vii) one or more security features recommended by the Home Secretary;

(b) for the design of the dual Welsh and English version of the electoral identity document in accordance with regulation 15(1)(d), the Welsh equivalent of any text shown in English.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 16.1.2023, see reg. 1(3)