Regulation 5 Amendments to the Representation of the People Act 1983

(1)

Schedule 2 (provisions which may be contained in regulations as to registration etc.) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 1B(1), after “canvass form” insert “or communication”.

(3)

In paragraph 3C—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (1), for “in Great Britain” substitute “for the purposes of a register of local government electors in Scotland or Wales”;

(b)

after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A)
Provision authorising or requiring a registration officer conducting a canvass for the purposes of a register of parliamentary electors in Great Britain, or a register of local government electors in England—

(a)
to take specified steps for the purpose of obtaining any information that a registration officer may or must require persons to give by virtue of regulations under paragraph 1B(1) in respect of a particular address,

(b)
to take specified steps for the purpose of obtaining information where no response is received in respect of a particular address.”;

(c)

in sub-paragraph (3), after “sub-paragraph (1)” insert “, (1A)”.