2A

Provision made under sub-paragraph (2) authorising or requiring a registration officer in Great Britain to—

a

require a person who has made an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD to provide evidence that he or she is the person named in the application, or

b

require a person who has made an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD, or any person who has an entry in a register, to provide evidence for the purpose of enabling the officer to determine whether a person is entitled to be registered in a register maintained by the officer,

must specify the kind of evidence that a person may be required to provide (for examples, see paragraph 3ZA(5)).

2B

Provision of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (2A) may authorise or require the registration officer to require a person to provide the evidence to a registration officer or to some other prescribed person (or person of a prescribed description).

3ZA

1

Provision about applications under section 10ZC or 10ZD, including in particular provision about—

a

the form and contents of applications and of any declarations to be made in connection with them;

b

the manner in which applications are to be made.

2

Provision made under sub-paragraph (1) may include provision—

a

conferring functions on registration officers, or local or public authorities, to enable applications to be made in a particular manner;

b

conferring other functions on registration officers;

c

conferring functions on the Electoral Commission.

3

Provision requiring a person making an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD—

a

to provide evidence that he or she is the person named in the application;

b

to provide evidence of entitlement to be registered.

4

Provision made under sub-paragraph (3) must specify the kind of evidence that a person is required to provide.

5

Examples of the evidence that may be specified include a person's date of birth or national insurance number.

6

Provision made under sub-paragraph (3) may require a person to provide the evidence to a registration officer or to some other prescribed person (or person of a prescribed description).

8B

1

Provision authorising or requiring a registration officer in determining an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD, in prescribed cases, to treat a prescribed person's statement of a fact as sufficient evidence of that fact.

2

In sub-paragraph (1) “prescribed” includes of a prescribed description.

2C

Regulations made for the purposes only of omitting a particular kind of evidence from the kinds of evidence that a person is or may be required to provide by virtue of regulations under paragraph 1(2A) or 3ZA(3) of Schedule 2 shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament (and subsection (2) does not apply to regulations made for those purposes only).