C1C5C6C8C7C9C10C11C12 Part I Parliamentary and Local Government Franchise and its Exercise

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Registration of parliamentary and local government electors

E1C3C2C49CF1Removal of anonymous entry

1

If a person has an anonymous entry in a register F2maintained by a registration officer in Great Britain, his entitlement to remain registered F7... terminates—

a

at the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the date when the entry in the register first takes effect, or

b

if the declaration made for the purposes of section 9B is cancelled at any time before the expiry of that 12 month period, at the time when the declaration is cancelled.

F31A

If a person (“P”) has an anonymous entry in a register maintained by the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland, P’s entitlement to remain registered terminates at the end of such period of five years or less beginning with the relevant date, as that officer determines in relation to P.

1B

But if, at any time before the expiry of the period determined under subsection (1A)—

a

the declaration made for the purposes of section 9B is cancelled, or

b

the Chief Electoral Officer determines that the safety test is no longer satisfied,

P’s entitlement to remain registered terminates at that time.

1C

In subsection (1A) “the relevant date” means—

a

where P’s anonymous entry is the result of an application under section 9B(1)(a), the date when P’s entry in the register first takes effect; or

b

where P’s anonymous entry is the result of an application under section 9B(1)(b), the date when the Chief Electoral Officer determines under section 9B(2) that the safety test is satisfied.

1D

Subsection 9B(10) (meaning of “safety test”) applies for the purposes of subsection (1B) (treating references to the applicant for an anonymous entry as references to P).

1E

A determination under subsection (1A) or (1B) must be made in accordance with regulations.

2

F4This section does not affect the application of any other provision of this Act or of the Representation of the People Act 1985 which has the effect that the person's entitlement to registration terminates before F6the time at which it would terminate under this section.

3

If a person's entitlement to remain registered terminates by virtue of F5this section, the registration officer concerned shall remove his entry from the register, unless he is entitled to remain registered with an anonymous entry in pursuance of F8... a further application under section 9B.