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7After section 59 (supplemental provisions as to members of forces and service voters) insert—
(1)The Secretary of State must prepare and publish reports on the effect of the voter identification requirements on applications made under rule 37(1), 38(1), 39(1) or 40(1) of the parliamentary elections rules.
(2)The duty under subsection (1) applies in respect of each of the first two parliamentary general elections that are held after the day on which paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Elections Act 2022 comes into force.
(3)Subsection (4) applies where requirements corresponding to the voter identification requirements (“the corresponding requirements”) have effect in relation to local government elections in England by virtue of rules made under section 36.
(4)The Secretary of State must prepare and publish reports on the effect of the corresponding requirements on applications made under the provisions of rules made under section 36 corresponding to rules 37(1), 38(1), 39(1) and 40(1) of the parliamentary elections rules.
(5)The duty under subsection (4) applies in respect of the first ordinary elections of councillors for local government areas in England that—
(a)are held on an ordinary day of election (as determined under section 37) after the day on which the corresponding requirements come into force, and
(b)are not combined with a parliamentary general election.
(6)In preparing a report under this section, the Secretary of State must in particular take into account—
(a)in the case of a report under subsection (1), information provided to the Secretary of State under rule 40B of the parliamentary elections rules (collection and disclosure of information relating to applications under rules 37 to 40);
(b)in the case of a report under subsection (4), information provided to the Secretary of State under any provision of rules made under section 36 corresponding to rule 40B of the parliamentary elections rules.
(7)In this section, “the voter identification requirements” means paragraphs (1A) to (1T) of rule 37 of the parliamentary elections rules (voting procedure) as it extends to England and Wales and to Scotland (including those paragraphs as applied by rule 38, 39 or 40 of those rules).”
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