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Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Individual electoral registration in Great Britain

    1. 1.Individual registration

    2. 2.Applications for registration and verification of entitlement etc

    3. 3.Proxies to be registered electors

    4. 4.Annual canvass

    5. 5.Invitations to register

    6. 6.Amendment of Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986

    7. 7.Power to amend or abolish the annual canvass

    8. 8.Consulting Electoral Commission about proposals under section 7

    9. 9.Piloting of changes to the annual canvass

    10. 10.Piloting registration provisions

    11. 11.Orders under Part 1

    12. 12.Interpretation of Part 1

    13. 13.Amendments and transitional provision

  3. PART 2 Administration and conduct of elections etc

    1. 14.Extension of timetable for parliamentary elections

    2. 15.Timing of parish and community council elections in England and Wales

    3. 16.Alteration of electoral registers: pending elections

    4. 17.Review of polling districts and places in Great Britain

    5. 18.Inadequate performance of returning officer: reduction of charges

    6. 19.Voters waiting at polling station at close of poll

    7. 20.Use of emblems on ballot papers

    8. 21.Community support officers

    9. 22.Notification of rejected postal vote

    10. 23.Repeal of powers to establish co-ordinated on-line record of electors

  4. PART 3 Final provisions

    1. 24.Financial provisions

    2. 25.Meaning of “the Minister” etc

    3. 26.Extent

    4. 27.Commencement

    5. 28.Short title

    1. Schedule 1

      Register of electors: alterations and removal

    2. Schedule 2

      Sharing and checking information etc

    3. Schedule 3

      Civil penalty for failing to make application when required by registration officer

    4. Schedule 4

      Amendments to do with Part 1

    5. Schedule 5

      Transitional provision to do with Part 1

      1. Part 1 Introduction

      2. Part 2 Removal of existing registrations by end of the third new canvass

      3. Part 3 Encouraging new applications

      4. Part 4 Absent voting

      5. Part 5 Persons with existing registrations by virtue of declarations etc

      6. Part 6 Persons with existing registrations by virtue of section 7(2) or 7A(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983

      7. Part 7 Supplementary

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