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10.—(1) Where an identity document application is received by a registration officer during the postponement period for a relevant election, petition or referendum held in the area for which the registration officer is appointed, the registration officer—
(a)must not determine the application in accordance with regulation 11(2) before the postponement date, and
(b)subject to paragraph (2), must notify the applicant that the application will not be determined before that date.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply where the application is received by the registration officer on the postponement date.
(3) In this regulation—
(a)the “postponement date” in relation to a relevant election, petition or referendum means—
(i)the relevant date of that election, petition or referendum, or
(ii)where the date under paragraph (i) falls within the postponement period for a subsequent relevant election, petition or referendum held in the area for which the registration officer is appointed, the working day before the date under paragraph (i);
(b)the “postponement period” for a relevant election, petition or referendum is the period—
(i)beginning at 5pm on the sixth working day before the relevant date, and
(ii)ending at 10pm on the relevant date;
(c)the “relevant date” in relation to a relevant election, petition or referendum means the day of the poll or, in the case of a recall petition, the last day of the signing period for that petition;
(d)“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or a bank holiday.
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