The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2015

Inquiries by registration officer

79.—(1) The registration officer may, at such times as he or she considers appropriate, make inquiries of a person who is shown as signing the petition by proxy in the record kept under—

(a) regulation 51(4) in pursuance of an application granted on the grounds set out in regulation 51(3)(c) or (d), or

(b) regulation 52(5) in pursuance of an application granted on the grounds set out in regulation 52(4)(c) or (d),

for the purpose of determining whether there has been a material change of circumstances.

(2) Where the grant of an application to sign the petition by proxy for an indefinite or particular period was based on the grounds referred to in regulation 51(3)(d) or an indefinite period in regulation 52(4)(d) the registration officer must make the inquiries referred to not later than three years after the granting of the application or of the last such inquiries.

(3) The petition 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.