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34. After regulation 26B insert—
26BA.—(1) Where a registration officer considers that additional evidence is necessary in order to determine whether a person who is a citizen of a member State and who makes an application under section 10ZC of the 1983 Act in Wales is eligible to vote in a PCC election, the registration officer may require that person to provide the registration officer with one or both of the following—
(a)information enabling the registration officer to verify the person’s current or historical immigration status by electronic means;
(b)a letter or document issued by the Home Office which indicates the current or historical immigration status of the person.
(2) Paragraphs (10B) and (10C) of regulation 26B apply following a request under paragraph (1) as they apply following a request under paragraph (10A) of that regulation.
26BB.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—
(a)a person has made an application under section 10ZC of the 1983 Act to register as a local government elector, and
(b)the applicant’s name on an electronic certificate or document provided in accordance with regulation 26B(10A) to (10C) or 26BA is different from the name provided in accordance with regulation 26(1)(a).
(2) Where this paragraph applies, the registration officer may require the applicant to provide—
(a)an explanation as to the difference in name, and
(b)such other evidence as the officer considers appropriate that confirms the change of the applicant’s name.”.
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I1Reg. 34 in force at 7.5.2024, see reg. 1(2)
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