Regulation 16 Register of electors

(1)

The Chief Electoral Officer may direct that, in respect of the relevant elections, the same copy of the register of electors^f1 be used for the purposes of rule 37(1) of the AER^f2 and rule 34(1) of the LER^f3.

(2)

If they do so, the procedure required by rule 37(1)(d) of the AER or by rule 34(1)(d) of the LER is modified in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4).

(3)

If the ballot papers relating to the relevant elections are delivered at the same time, a single mark must be placed in the register against the number of the elector to denote that ballot papers have been received in respect of both of the relevant elections.

(4)

If the ballot papers are delivered separately or a ballot paper is delivered in respect of only one of the relevant elections, a mark must be placed in the register against the number of the elector in respect of each ballot paper delivered, identifying the election to which the ballot paper relates.

(5)

In the case of an elector who is added to the register of electors in accordance with a notice issued under section 13BA(9) of the 1983 Act (alteration of registers in Northern Ireland: pending elections)^f4—

(a)

the reference in paragraph (1) to the “copy of the register of electors” is to be read as a reference to the copy of that notice, and

(b)

references in this regulation to a mark being placed in the register are to be read as references to a mark being made on the notice.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 9(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) (which was substituted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2)), when read in accordance with section 2 of, and paragraph 8 of Part 2 to Schedule 1 to, the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 3), makes provision for the registration officer (who in Northern Ireland is, by virtue of section 8 of the 1983 Act, the Chief Electoral Officer) to maintain a register of local electors. By virtue of articles 3(3)(c) and 4 of S.I. 2001/2599, the register of local electors is also used in respect of Assembly elections.
f2: Rule 37(1) was amended by paragraph 90 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22).
f3: Rule 34(1) was amended by S.I. 2010/2977.
f4: Section 13BA was inserted by section 6(2) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33). Paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 4 of that Act amended Schedule 1 to the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 3) to apply section 13BA to the register of local electors.