3.  In section 9A (registration officers: duty to take necessary steps), in subsection (2)—

(a) before paragraph (a), insert—

“(za) for the purposes of a register of parliamentary electors in Great Britain, or a register of local government electors in England, sending to any address at least one communication to be used for the canvass under section 9D below;”;

(b) in paragraph (a), for “or 10 below” substitute “ (in the case of the canvass for the purposes of a register of local government electors in Scotland or in Wales) or the canvass under section 10; ”;

(c) before paragraph (c), insert—

“(ba) for the purposes of a register of parliamentary electors in Great Britain, or a register of local government electors in England, making on one or more occasions contact with persons by telephone;”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 31.12.2019, see reg. 1(3)