# The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001 (revoked) S.I. 2001/400 · made 12 February 2001 · revised to 1 July 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-regulations-2001-revoked/pdf/uksi_20010400_en.pdf ## Introductory text REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE Made 12th February 2001 Coming into force 16th February 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: GENERAL, INTERPRETATION AND MISCELLANEOUS ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Communication of applications, notices etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Electronic signatures and related certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Copies of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Official poll card at parliamentary elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Return and declaration of election expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Interference with notices etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Device referred to in rule 29(3A) (b) of parliamentary elections rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12A Applications for an electoral identity card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Registration of European Parliamentary overseas electors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Amendment of rule 37(1E) of the parliamentary elections rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: SERVICE AND OVERSEAS ELECTORS' DECLARATIONS ### Service declarations ## 15 Qualification for Crown servant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Contents of service declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Transmission of service declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Notification by registration officer in respect of service declarations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Overseas electors' declarations ## 19 Contents of overseas elector’s declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Certain declarants to supply copy of birth certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Attestation of certain overseas electors' declarations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Notification about registration as overseas elector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: REGISTRATION ### Information about electors ## 23 Power to require information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Evidence as to age and nationality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Reminders to electors registered pursuant to a declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Applications for registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Objections to registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Inspection of applications and objections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Determination of applications and objections ## 29 Procedure for determining applications for registration and objections without a hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Notice of hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Hearing of applications and objections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Registration appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Circumstances when the power in section 10A(5)(b) of the 1983 Act applies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Retaining entries in register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Requests for information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35A Provision of information to the registration office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35B Disclosure of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Notices in connection with registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Notice by registration officer of a change of address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### The register ## 38 Separate part of register for each parliamentary polling district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Different letter for each parliamentary polling district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Qualifying addresses which are not included in the register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Order of names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Marking of names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Publication of register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Information about register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Preparation and publication of list of overseas electors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Supply of free copies of register and list of overseas electors otherwise than on request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Supply of free copies of register and list of overseas electors on request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Sale of register and list of overseas electors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Supply of register and list of overseas electors in data form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: ABSENT VOTERS ## 50 Interpretation of Part IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 General requirements for applications for an absent vote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Additional requirements for applications for the appointment of a proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Additional requirements for applications on grounds of physical incapacity or blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Additional requirements for applications based on occupation, service, employment or attendance on a course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Additional requirements for applications in respect of a particular election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Additional requirements for applications by proxies to vote by post at a particular election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Closing date for applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Grant or refusal of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Notice of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Cancellation of proxy appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Inquiries by registration officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Records and lists kept under sections 6, 7 and 9 of the 1985 Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Marked register for polling stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Certificate of employment at a parliamentary election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: ISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS ## 65 Interpretation of Part V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Issue of Postal Ballot Papers ## 66 Form of declaration of identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Persons entitled to be present at proceedings on issue and receipt of postal ballot papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Agents of candidates who may attend proceedings on issue or receipt of postal ballot papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Notification of requirement of secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Notice of issue of postal ballot papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Procedure on issue of postal ballot paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Refusal to issue postal ballot paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Sealing up of counterfoils and security of special lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Delivery of postal ballot papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Spoilt postal ballot papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Receipt of Postal Ballot Papers ## 77 Notice of opening of postal ballot paper envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Postal ballot boxes and receptacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Receipt of covering envelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Opening of postal voters' ballot box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 Opening of covering envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Procedure in relation to declarations of identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Opening of ballot paper envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Sealing of receptacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 85 Abandoned poll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Forwarding of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part VI: SUPPLY OF REGISTER ETC ### Interpretation and edited register ## 87 Interpretation of Part VI etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 88 Edited version of register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### General restrictions ## 89 Restrictions on supply of full register and disclosure of information from it by the Chief Electoral Officer and his staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 90 Restriction on use of the full register or information contained in it supplied in accordance with any enactment or otherwise obtained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Supply on publication and specific restrictions ## 91 Supply of free copy of full register to the British Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 92 Supply of free copy of full register to deputy returning officer at local elections and restrictions on use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 93 Supply of free copy of full register etc to the Northern Ireland Statistic and Research Agency and restrictions on use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 94 Supply of free copy of full register etc to Electoral Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 95 Supply of free copy of full register etc to Local Government Boundary Commissioner and Boundary Commission and restrictions on use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Supply on request and specific restrictions ## 96 Supply of full register etc under regulations 97 to 102: general provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 97 Supply of full register etc to elected representatives and restrictions on use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 98 Supply of full register etc to holders of relevant elective offices and candidates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 99 Supply of full register etc to local constituency parties and restrictions on use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 100 Supply of full register etc to registered political parties etc and restrictions on use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 101 Supply of full register etc to certain candidates and restrictions on use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 102 Supply of full register etc to police forces and restrictions on use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Sale of edited and full register and specific restrictions ## 103 Sale of edited register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 104 Sale of full register etc: restrictions on supply, charges, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 105 Sale of full register etc: general provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 106 Sale of full register etc to government departments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 107 Sale of full register etc to credit reference agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Supply to processor and offences ## 108 Supply of register to processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 109 Offences in respect of contravention of Part VI regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 ENABLING POWERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 REVOCATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 FORMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 APPLICATION WITH MODIFICATIONS OF PROVISIONS OF THE 1983 AND 1985 ACTS FOR REGISTRATION OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY OVERSEAS ELECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/400 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-regulations-2001-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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