Regulation 29ZA Verification of information provided in an applicationF1C1

On receipt of an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD of the 1983 Act made F2otherwise than through the digital service, a registration officer must disclose the name or names, date of birth and national insurance number given under regulation F326 or 26A to the F4Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in such a format and through such a conduit system as the Secretary of State for F5Housing, Communities and Local Government may have notified to the registration officer in writing.

Following receipt of the information from the registration officer or (in the case of an application made through the digital service) from the applicant, the F6Secretary of State for F7Housing, Communities and Local Government may disclose the information to the Secretary of State F8for Work and Pensions.

Where information has been disclosed to the Secretary of State F9for Work and Pensions under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions may compare it against—

The Secretary of State F10for Work and Pensions may disclose the results of the comparison to the F11Secretary of State for F12Housing, Communities and Local Government .

On receipt of such results, the F13Secretary of State for F14Housing, Communities and Local Government may disclose them to the registration officer in whose register the applicant has applied to be registered.

Where the F15Secretary of State for F16Housing, Communities and Local Government does so, the registration officer must take the results into account in determining the application.

In relation to the registration of parliamentary electors, this regulation does not apply to an application for registration under section 10ZC of the 1983 Act made pursuant to an overseas elector’s declaration.

In relation to the registration of local government electors, this regulation does not apply to an application made by a person under the age of 16.

In this regulation—