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Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013
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17(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies if, on the day on which a registration officer in Great Britain publishes a register following the first new canvass—U.K.
(a)a person is shown in the absent voters' record as the result of an application made in reliance on the person's registration in the register, and
(b)the person was registered in the register immediately before the commencement date and has not had his or her entitlement to remain registered confirmed or made a successful new application for registration in the register.
(2)The officer must remove the person's entry from the absent voters' record so far as the entry concerns elections of the kind to which the register relates.
(3)“Absent voters' record” means the record kept under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000.
(4)Sub-paragraph (5) applies if, on the day on which a registration officer in Great Britain publishes a register following the first new canvass—
(a)a person is shown in an absent voters' list as the result of an application made in reliance on the person's registration in the register, and
(b)the person was registered in the register immediately before the commencement date and has not had his or her entitlement to remain registered confirmed or made a successful new application for registration in the register.
(5)The officer must remove the person's entry from the absent voters' list.
(6)“Absent voters' list” means the list mentioned in paragraph 5(2) or (3) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000.
(7)If a registration officer removes a person's entry from an absent voters' record or list, the officer must—
(a)notify the person in the prescribed manner, and
(b)take any other prescribed steps.
(8)This paragraph does not apply in relation to a person who is a relevant person for the purposes of Part 5 or 6 of this Schedule.
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I1Sch. 5 para. 17 in force at 10.6.2014 for E.W. and 19.9.2014 for S. by S.I. 2014/414, art. 5(m)
I2Sch. 5 para. 17 in force at 15.9.2014 for N.I. by S.I. 2014/2439, art. 2(m)
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