Part 2Amendment of the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

Amendment of regulation 27A (retention of registration information)15

In regulation 27A (retention of registration information)47—

a

for the heading substitute “Processing of information provided in connection with an application for registration”;

b

before paragraph (1) insert—

A1

If a person provides an original document in accordance with regulation 25A(2), 25B(2), 25C(2), 27ZA(3) or (4), 27ZB(2), 27ZD(2)(a) or (5), 27ZE(3)(a) or 27ZG(7), the registration officer must make a copy of that document and return the original document to the person who provided it.

c

in paragraph (1), for paragraph (b) substitute—

b

must retain any other information or documents provided to the registration officer in connection with the application or, in the case of original documents which are returned under paragraph (A1), a copy of such documents.