# The Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) Regulations 2019, Regulation 5

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

(1) Schedule 2 (provisions which may be contained in regulations as to registration etc.) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1B(1), after “canvass form” insert “ or communication ”.
(3) In paragraph 3C—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for “in Great Britain” substitute “ for the purposes of a register of local government electors in Scotland or Wales ”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (1), insert—
“(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—
(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.”;
(c) in sub-paragraph (3), after “sub-paragraph (1)” insert “ , (1A) ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1451/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-annual-canvass-amendment-regulations-2019/regulation-5
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