{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-regulations-2001/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-regulations-2001/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2001/0110190580",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Applications for registration",
  "text": "(1) An application for registration as a parliamentary or local elector (or both) under section 10A(1)(a) or 13A(1)(a) of the 1983 Act shall state—\n(a) the applicant’s full name;\n(b) the address in respect of which the applicant applies to be registered and at which he is resident on the date of the application;\n(c) any address in respect of which the applicant is currently registered as an elector, if he has ceased to reside at that address;\n(d) in the case of an applicant who has not attained the age of 18 years, his date of birth;\n(e) in the case of an applicant who is a merchant seaman within the meaning of section 6 of the 1983 Act, that fact.\n(2) In the case of a person applying to be registered as a parliamentary or local elector (or both) in pursuance of a service declaration, a declaration of local connection or an overseas elector’s application, the declaration in question shall accompany the application.\n(3) An application under this regulation shall include a declaration made by the applicant that—\n(a) the particulars given in accordance with paragraph (1) above are true;\n(b) subject to paragraph (5) below, in the case of an application by a relevant citizen of the Union for registration as a local elector, he is such a citizen; and\n(c) in any other case, but subject to paragraph (5) below, he is a Commonwealth citizen or citizen of the Republic of Ireland.\n(4) An application for registration shall be made in writing to the registration officer and be signed and dated by the applicant.\n(5) Paragraph (3)(b) and (c) above does not apply to persons applying to be registered in pursuance of a service declaration or an overseas elector’s declaration.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Sections 10A and 13A were substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2001/0110190580/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:27:13.652995+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}