Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001

Inquiries by registration officer

61.—(1) The registration officer may, at such times as he thinks fit, make inquiries of a person who is shown in the record kept under section 6(3) of the 1985 Act(1) by virtue of an application under that section on the grounds set out in paragraph (b) or (c) of section 6(2).

(2) In the case of a person who is shown in the record kept under section 6(3) of the 1985 Act by virtue of an application under that section on the grounds set out in section 6(2)(c), the registration officer shall make the inquiries referred to in paragraph (1) above not later than three years after the granting of the application or the last such inquiries, as the case may be.

(3) The registration officer may treat the failure by a person of whom inquiries have been made to respond to such inquiries within one month of the date on which they were made as sufficient evidence of a material change in circumstances.

(1)

Section 6 was amended by Schedule 6 to the 2000 Act.