Meeting of the immunization Strategic Advisory Group of Experts, November 2006
Where— the Chief Electoral Officer may enter the name of the former elector in the register in respect of that address.
on 15th October 2004 a person (“the former elector”) was for the time being registered in the register in respect of any address in Northern Ireland,
on the conclusion of the canvass conducted in Northern Ireland under section 10 of the 1983 Act (maintenance of registers: annual canvass) by reference to residence on that day, the name of the former elector was removed from the register in respect of that address—
by virtue of section 10A(5)(a) of that Act, merely because the form mentioned in section 10(4) of that Act was not returned in respect of that address, or
by virtue of section 10A(5A) of that Act, and
the Chief Electoral Officer has no information which suggests that the former elector has ceased to be resident at that address or has otherwise ceased to satisfy the conditions for registration set out in section 4 of the 1983 Act,
The power conferred by subsection (1) may only be exercised— and (in either case) the appropriate alteration shall have effect as from the beginning of that day.
before 1st April 2005, or
by including the appropriate alteration in any revised version of the register published under section 13(3) of the 1983 Act on that day;
Nothing in section 13A of the 1983 Act (alteration of registers) applies in relation to an alteration taking effect under this section.
Where by virtue of subsection (1) the Chief Electoral Officer enters the name of a person in the register in respect of any address—
the information supplied by that person pursuant to section 10(4A), 10A(1A) or 13A(2A) of the 1983 Act in connection with his previous registration is to be taken also to have been supplied by him in connection with his registration by virtue of this section, and
any request duly made by that person in connection with his previous registration to be excluded from the version of the register published under regulation 88 of the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/400) (edited version of register) is to be taken also to have been made by him in connection with his registration by virtue of this section.
In this section—
“the Chief Electoral Officer” means the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland;
the register of parliamentary electors maintained by the Chief Electoral Officer under section 9 of the 1983 Act, or
“the register” means—
the register of local electors maintained by him under that section as applied by Schedule 1 to the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 3).
“the register” means—
the register of parliamentary electors maintained by the Chief Electoral Officer under section 9 of the 1983 Act, or
the register of local electors maintained by him under that section as applied by Schedule 1 to the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 3).
So long as this section remains in force, section 10A of the 1983 Act (maintenance of the registers: register of electors) is modified as follows.
At the beginning of subsection (5A) insert “ Subject to subsection (7B), ”.
For subsection (7) substitute—
After subsection (7) insert—
In subsection (8), for “subsection (5), (5A) or (6)” substitute “ subsections (5) to (7B) ”.
Subject to subsection (2), this Act shall cease to be in force at the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
The Secretary of State may, on one occasion only, by order made by statutory instrument provide for the provisions of this Act, apart from section 1, to continue in force for a period ending not more than 12 months after the end of the period specified in subsection (1).
No order under subsection (2) may be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
In this Act “the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2).
This Act may be cited as the Electoral Registration (Northern Ireland) Act 2005.
This Act extends to Northern Ireland only.