# Representation of the People Act 1983, Paragraph 3C

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Provision authorising or requiring a registration officer conducting a canvass for the purposes of a register of local government electors in Scotland or Wales to take specified steps for the purpose of obtaining information where no response is received in respect of a particular address.
(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 or in Scotland or 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), (1A) or (2) include writing to the person or visiting the person's address to speak to the person.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/schedule/2/paragraph/3C (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/schedule-2/paragraph-3C
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