Paragraph 3C F1

United Kingdom

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 2 para. 5C inserted by Elections Act 2022 Sch. 4 para. 5
Sch. 2 para. 1A(1)(aa) inserted by Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 s. 4(9)(a)
Sch. 2 para. 1C inserted by Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 s. 4(9)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 10(3) inserted by Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 s. 4(9)(c)
Sch. 2 para. 10B(4) inserted by Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 s. 4(9)(d)
Sch. 2 para. 5A applied by Representation of the People Act 1985 Sch. 1 para. 28

(1)

Provision authorising or requiring a registration officer conducting a canvass F2for the purposes of a register of local government electors in ~~F3Scotland~~ ~~F4or~~ ~~Wales~~ to take specified steps for the purpose of obtaining information where no response is received in respect of a particular address.

(F51A)

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 F6or in Scotland F7or in Wales—

(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.

(2)

Provision authorising or requiring a registration officer in Great Britain to take specified steps to encourage a person to make an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD in response to an invitation to do so made by the officer.

(3)

Examples of the steps that a registration officer may be authorised or required to take under sub-paragraph (1)F8, (1A) or (2) include writing to the person or visiting the person's address to speak to the person.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 para. 3C inserted (10.6.2014 for E.W., 15.9.2014 for N.I., 19.9.2014 for S.) by Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6), s. 27(1), Sch. 4 para. 20(5) (with Sch. 5); S.I. 2014/414, art. 5(m); S.I. 2014/2439, art. 2(l)
F2: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3C(1) substituted (31.12.2019) by The Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1451), regs. 1(3), 5(3)(a)
F3: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3C(1) omitted (S.) (3.3.2020) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/62), arts. 1(1), 5(a)
F4: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3C(1) omitted (E.W.) (22.1.2020) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/50), regs. 2, 6(a)
F5: Sch. 2 para. 3C(1A) inserted (31.12.2019) by The Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1451), regs. 1(3), 5(3)(b)
F6: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3C(1A) inserted (S.) (3.3.2020) by The Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/62), arts. 1(1), 5(b)
F7: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3C(1A) inserted (E.W.) (22.1.2020) by The Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/50), regs. 2, 6(b)
F8: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3C(3) inserted (31.12.2019) by The Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1451), regs. 1(3), 5(3)(c)