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Regulation 3 Amendments to the Representation of the People Act 1983

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In section 9A (registration officers: duty to take necessary steps), in subsection (2)—

(a)

before paragraph (a), insert—

“(za)

for the purposes of a register of parliamentary electors in Great Britain, or a register of local government electors in England, sending to any address at least one communication to be used for the canvass under section 9D below;”;

(b)

in paragraph (a), for “or 10 below” substitute “(in the case of the canvass for the purposes of a register of local government electors in Scotland or in Wales) or the canvass under section 10;”;

(c)

before paragraph (c), insert—

“(ba)

for the purposes of a register of parliamentary electors in Great Britain, or a register of local government electors in England, making on one or more occasions contact with persons by telephone;”.