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The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

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Amendment of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001

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5.  In regulation 31C (summary procedure for removal from the register)—

(a)in paragraph (2) at the end of the first line omit “either”;

(b)at the end of paragraph (2)(b) insert “; or”;

(c)after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c)the registration officer has not received the information referred to in paragraph (2)(b)(ii) or (iii) but—

(i)has determined that the elector has died after inspecting records kept by—

(aa)the council by which the registration officer was appointed,

(bb)where the council by which the registration officer was appointed is a council for a district in a county for which there is a county council, that county council, or

(cc)a person providing services to, or authorised to exercise any function of, the council referred to in (aa) or (bb);

(ii)has received information from the spouse, civil partner, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child or grandchild of the elector, which allows the registration officer to determine that the elector has died;

(iii)has received information as a result of the annual canvass required by section 9D of the 1983 Act, which allows the registration officer to determine that the elector has died; or

(iv)has received information from a person managing a care home service registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000(1) where the elector was resident, which allows the registration officer to determine that the elector has died.

(2A) The information referred to in paragraph (2)(c)(ii) and (iv) may be provided in person, by telephone or in writing and must include—

(a)the full name and address of the elector who has died;

(b)the full name and address of the person providing the information and, in case of information received under paragraph (2)(c)(ii), that person’s relationship to the elector; and

(c)a statement that the person providing the information is aware of the penalty for providing false information to a registration officer.

(2B) Where the information referred to in paragraph (2)(c)(ii) and (iv) has been provided in person or by telephone by virtue of paragraph (2A), the registration officer must record that information in writing or in data form.”.

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