Regulation 21 Anonymous registration: amendments to procedure on issue of postal ballot papers

(1)

Regulation 72^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (7) insert at the beginning “Subject to paragraph (8),”.

(3)

After paragraph (7) insert–

“(8)

Where a person has an anonymous entry in the register, the items specified in paragraph (7) must be sent (as the case may be) to the address to which postal ballot papers should be sent–

(a)

as shown in the record kept under paragraph 3(4) or 7(6) of Schedule 4^f2; or

(b)

as given in pursuance of an application made under paragraph 4(1) or 7(4)(b) of Schedule 4^f3.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Regulation 72 was amended by S.I. 2002/1872.
f2: The reference is to Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2).
f3: The reference is to Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2); paragraph 4(1)(b) was amended by section 14(2)(a) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22).