Article 17 Invitations to register given to existing electors

(1)

The Electoral Commission must design an invitation to make a new application for registration, which must include—

(a)

the full name and address of the person to be invited;

(b)

an explanation of how to make a new application for registration;

(c)

a statement as to the circumstances in which a civil penalty may be imposed under paragraph 13(4) of Schedule 5 to the 2013 Act, and the amount of the civil penalty.

(2)

The Electoral Commission must also design such an invitation to be given under paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the 2013 Act to a person shown in the record kept under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000^f1 or the list mentioned in paragraph 5(2) or (3) of that Schedule, which—

(a)

meets the requirements of paragraph (1) of this article; and

(b)

includes an explanation that if the person does not make a new application for registration which is successful before the registration officer publishes a revised version of the register following the first new canvass, the person will cease to be entitled to vote by post or (as the case may be) by proxy.

(3)

The Electoral Commission must obtain the approval of the Lord President to an invitation under this article which it has designed and must then make the invitation available to registration officers.

(4)

Where a registration officer is required by paragraph 8 or 11 of Schedule 5 to the 2013 Act to give a person an invitation to make a new application for registration—

(a)

the registration officer must give—

(i)

an invitation in the form designed by the Electoral Commission under paragraph (1) or (2), as appropriate; and

(ii)

an application form in the form designed by the Electoral Commission under regulation 26(3) of each of the two 2001 Regulations, on which the registration officer has, if practicable, printed the full name and address of the person to be invited; and

(b)

the invitation, the application form and a pre-addressed reply envelope, return postage of which has been prepaid, must be given in an envelope on which is printed—

(i)

a direction requesting that the envelope is not 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 invitation is addressed inform the registration officer if the addressee is not resident at that address; and

(iii)

the registration officer’s contact details.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2000 c.2. Paragraph 3 was amended by section 261 of, and paragraph 164 of Schedule 27 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33), sections 10, 14 and 74 of, and paragraphs 19, 20 and 137 to, Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22) and sections 20 and 34 of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14). Paragraph 5 was amended by sections 10 and 74 of, and paragraphs 19, 22 and 137 of Schedule 1 to, the Electoral Administration Act 2006 and section 20 of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006.