Regulation 54 Absent signing at a particular petition: Northern IrelandI1

in the case of a proxy application, the officer is satisfied that the applicant’s circumstances during the signing period will be or are likely to be such that the person cannot reasonably be expected to sign the petition in person at the petition signing place allotted or likely to be allotted to that person under regulation 16 (allotment of petition signing place);

the officer is satisfied that the applicant is or will be entitled to sign the petition in accordance with section 10 of the Act;

the application states the applicant’s date of birth and the registration officer is satisfied that the date stated corresponds with the date supplied as the date of the applicant’s birth pursuant to section 10(4A)(b), 10A(1A)(b) or 13A(2A)(b) of the 1983 Act;

F1in the case of an applicant other than one who is or will be digitally registered, the application is signed and (unless section 10(4B), 10A(1B) or 13A(2B) of the 1983 Act applies) the registration officer is satisfied that the signature on the application corresponds with the signature supplied as the applicant’s signature pursuant to section 10(4A)(a), 10A(1A)(a) or 13A(2A)(a) of the 1983 Act;

in the case of an applicant who is or will be digitally registered, the registration officer is satisfied that the application—

the application either states the applicant’s national insurance number or states that he or she does not have one, and the registration officer is satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (2);

the officer is satisfied that the applicant has not signed the petition at the petition signing place allotted to that person under regulation 16; and

the application meets the requirements of Chapter 2 of this Part.

if the application states a national insurance number, that the requirements of paragraph (3) are met; or

if the application states that the applicant does not have a national insurance number, that no such number was supplied as that person’s national insurance number pursuant to section 10(4A)(c)(i), 10A(1A)(c)(i) or 13A(2A)(c)(i) of the 1983 Act.

the number stated as mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) is the same as the one supplied as the applicant’s national insurance number pursuant to section 10(4A)(c)(i), 10A(1A)(c)(i) or 13A(2A)(c)(i) of the 1983 Act; or

no national insurance number was supplied under any of those provisions, but the registration officer is not aware of any reason to doubt the authenticity of the application.

for that person’s signing sheet to be sent to a different address in the United Kingdom, or

to sign the petition by proxy,

the person’s registration in the register of parliamentary electors is or will be pursuant to an application submitted through the UK digital service, and

where, since the submission of that application, any form has been completed in respect of the person in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the 1983 Act, the last such form was submitted through the UK digital service.

the last form to be completed in respect of the person in connection with a canvass under section 10 of the 1983 Act was submitted through the UK digital service, and

where, since the submission of that form, any application for registration in the register of parliamentary electors has been made in respect of the person, the last such application was submitted through the UK digital service.