Representation of the People Act 1983

[F1 10ZE Removal of electors in Great Britain from register U.K.

(1) Where a person is entered in a register in respect of an address in Great Britain, the person is entitled to remain registered until the registration officer concerned determines that—

(a) the person was not entitled to be registered in respect of the address,

(b) the person has ceased to be resident at the address or has otherwise ceased to satisfy the conditions for registration set out in section 4, or

(c) the person was registered as the result of an application under section 10ZC made by some other person or the person's entry has been altered as the result of an application under section 10ZD made by some other person.

(2) Where a person's entitlement to remain registered terminates by virtue of subsection (1), the officer must remove the person's entry from the register.

(3) A registration officer may make house to house inquiries for the purpose of deciding whether or not to make a determination under subsection (1).

(4) Regulations may make provision about the procedure for making determinations under subsection (1), which may include provision requiring an officer to take prescribed steps before making a determination.

(5) A registration officer in Great Britain must consider whether to make a determination under subsection (1) if the officer—

(a) receives an objection to a person's registration in a register maintained by the officer, or

(b) otherwise becomes aware of information that causes the officer to suspect that a condition in subsection (1)(a) to (c) may be met in relation to a person's entry in such a register.

(6) Subsection (5)(a)—

(a) applies only if the objection to the person's registration is made in accordance with the prescribed requirements by someone whose name appears in the register, and

(b) does not apply if the person has an anonymous entry in the register.

(7) Nothing in this section applies in relation to the registration of persons in pursuance of—

(a) applications for registration made by virtue of section 7(2) or 7A(2), or

(b) declarations of local connection, service declarations or overseas electors' declarations.

(8) In this section “resident” means resident for the purposes of section 4.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 10ZD, 10ZE inserted (10.6.2014 for E.W., 15.9.2014 for N.I., 19.9.2014 for S.) by Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6), s. 27(1), Sch. 1 para. 1 (with Sch. 5); S.I. 2014/414, art. 5(k); S.I. 2014/2439, art. 2(j)