C5C7C8C10C9C11C12C13C14 Part I Parliamentary and Local Government Franchise and its Exercise

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F2 Entitlement to registration

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S. 4 and preceding cross-heading substituted for s. 4 (29.1.2001 for specified purposes and 16.2.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 2, s. 1(2); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2) (with art. 2(4))

C1C2C3C4C66 Residence: merchant seamen.

At any time when a merchant seaman is not resident in the United Kingdom and would have been resident there but for the nature of his occupation, he shall be entitled to be treated for the purposes of F1section 4 aboveas resident—

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at any place at which he would have been resident but for the nature of his occupation; or

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at any hostel or club providing accommodation for merchant seamen at which he commonly stays in the course of his occupation.

For this purpose “merchant seaman” means any person not having a service qualification whose employment or the greater part of it is carried out on board seagoing ships, and includes any such person while temporarily without employment.