The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Amendments to the 2004 Regulations

29.—(1) Regulation 63 (candidate’s right to send election address post free) is to be amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) The individual candidate and the nominating officer of a registered party which are included in the statement of parties and individual candidates nominated for the election or a person authorised in writing by that officer may also require the local returning officer to make arrangements with the universal postal service provider for communications under paragraph (1)(b) to be sent to persons who have anonymous entries in the register.

(2B) Arrangements under paragraph (2A) must be such as to ensure that it is not disclosed to any other person that the addressee of such a communication has an anonymous entry.”

(3) In sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (5) for the words beginning with “as below voting age” to the end of that sub-paragraph substitute “(or, in the case of a person who has an anonymous entry in the register, in the record of anonymous entries) as below voting age if (but only if) it appears from the register (or from the record) that he will be of voting age on the day fixed for the poll.”.