4Section 3: meaning of “elector”
(1)For the purposes of section 3(4) an elector, in relation to an electoral region, is a person whose name appears on the relevant day in (or in any part of) a relevant register which relates to the region.
(2)In subsection (1)—
“relevant day” means 1st December preceding the day on which the notice under section 3 is given; and
“relevant register” has the same meaning as in Schedule 1A to the 2002 Act (periodic reviews).
(3)In calculating the total number of electors for any electoral region—
(a)persons who are registered but have not attained the age of 18 are to be counted as electors;
(b)a citizen of the European Union (not being a Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland) who is registered only for the purposes of local government elections is to be disregarded; and
(c)the Electoral Commission may assume that each relevant register is accurate and that names appearing more than once on registers (or parts of registers) which relate to an electoral region are the names of different electors.