Article 11 Notification of confirmed entries on register

(1)

Where a registration officer has confirmed a person’s entitlement to remain registered under article 6, the registration officer must give notice in writing to that person.

(2)

Such notice must be given—

(a)

in England and Wales withinn the period starting with 1st July 2014 and ending with 30th November 2014, and

(b)

in Scotland within the period starting with 1st October 2014 and ending with 27th February 2015.

(3)

The notice must—

(a)

state the full name and address of the person to whom it is given;

(b)

state that the person’s entry on the register has been confirmed and that the person need not make a new application for registration in order to remain on the register unless their entitlement to be registered changes;

(c)

state that, if the person ceases to reside at their current address, they should inform the registration officer;

(d)

give the following information about the edited register—

(i)

an explanation of what the edited register is, using the short version of the form of words prescribed in regulation 45 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Representation of the People (Description of Electoral Registers and Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2013^f1 and regulation 47 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Representation of the People (Description of Electoral Registers and Amendment)(Scotland) Regulations 2013^f2;

(ii)

an indication whether the name and address of the person are omitted from the edited register;

(iii)

information as to how the person may request that their name and address be included in or omitted from the edited register;

(e)

be given in an envelope on which is printed—

(i)

a direction that the envelope must not be redirected if it is incorrectly addressed;

(ii)

a direction requesting that any other person who receives the envelope who is resident at the address to which the notice is addressed inform the registration officer if the addressee is not resident at that address and of the full names of the persons over 16 years old who are resident at the address; and

(iii)

the registration officer’s contact details.

(4)

In this article, “edited register” has the same meaning as in regulation 93 of each of the two 2001 Regulations.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2013/
f2: S.I. 2013/