PART 4 Amendments relating to applications to register by qualifying EU citizens and EU citizens with retained rights

18 Amendment of regulation 27 (applications for registration)
1 Regulation 27 (applications for registration) is amended as follows.
2 In paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (ca), insert—

“(caa) in the case of an applicant who is a citizen of a Member State of the European Union that is not listed in Schedule 6A to the 1983 Act, other than a citizen of Cyprus, Malta or the Republic of Ireland, an indication as to whether the applicant meets the requirements set out in section 203B(1) of the 1983 Act;
Schedule 6A was inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37).
Section 203B was inserted by paragraph 1(11) of Schedule 8 to the Elections Act 2022.”

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3 After paragraph (3) insert—

“3ZA Where the registration officer provides the form on which an application for registration is made, the form must include—
(a) the following statements—
(i) that persons without lawful immigration status are ineligible to register to vote;
(ii) that the registration officer may request checks in relation to an applicant’s immigration status against Home Office records, and that, for persons applying to register as EU citizens with retained rights only, this may include checks in relation to historical immigration status;
(b) a statement that a person is ineligible to vote unless the person is—
(i) a qualifying Commonwealth citizen,
(ii) a citizen of the Republic of Ireland,
(iii) a qualifying EU citizen, or
(iv) an EU citizen with retained rights;
(c) a statement that the registration officer may require the applicant to provide additional information in relation to nationality, may carry out checks against Government records, and that, for persons applying to register as EU citizens with retained rights only, this may include checks in relation to historical nationality.”

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Reg. 18 in force at 7.5.2024, see reg. 1(2)