# Representation of the People Act 1983, Paragraph 3ZA

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

(1) Provision about applications under section 10ZC , 10ZD, 13BD or 13BE, including in particular provision about—
(a) the form and contents of applications and of any declarations to be made in connection with them;
(b) the manner in which applications and any such declarations are to be made.
(2) Provision made under sub-paragraph (1) may include provision—
(a) conferring functions on registration officers, or local or public authorities, to enable applications to be made in a particular manner;
(b) conferring other functions on registration officers;
(c) conferring functions on the Electoral Commission.
(2A) Provision made under sub-paragraph (1) in relation to applications within sub-paragraph (2B) may include provision—
(a) conferring functions on the Secretary of State to enable applications to be made in a particular manner;
(b) authorising the Secretary of State, in prescribed circumstances, to complete applications in part for people.
(2B) The following applications are within this sub-paragraph—
(a) an application for registration in, or alteration of—
(i) a register of parliamentary electors,
(ii) a register of local government electors in England, or
(iii) a register of local government electors in Scotland or Wales, where the application is submitted through the UK digital service;
(b) an application under section 13BD or 13BE.
(3) Provision requiring a person making an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD—
(a) to provide evidence that he or she is the person named in the application;
(b) to provide evidence of entitlement to be registered.
(3A) Provision requiring a person making an application under section 13BD or 13BE to provide evidence that the person is the person named in the application.
(4) Provision made under sub-paragraph (3) or (3A) must specify the kind of evidence that a person is required to provide.
(5) Examples of the evidence that may be specified include a person's date of birth or national insurance number.
(6) Provision made under sub-paragraph (3) or (3A) may require a person to provide the evidence to a registration officer or to some other prescribed person (or person of a prescribed description).
(7) In sub-paragraph (2B)(a)(iii), “the UK digital service” means a digital service provided by a Minister of the Crown for the registration of electors, and the reference to an application submitted through the UK digital service is a reference to an application submitted using that service as an intermediary.

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