C3C4C5C7C6C8C9C10C11 Part I Parliamentary and Local Government Franchise and its Exercise

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Service qualifications and declarations for registration

C1C2E117 Effect of service declaration.

F11

Where a person’s service declaration is in force when he applies for registration, he shall be regarded for the purposes of section 4 above as—

a

resident on the date of the declaration at the address specified in it in accordance with section 16(d) above;

F2b

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C12c

until the contrary is proved, as being a Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or F9—

i

if the declaration is made for the purposes only of the registration of local government electors in England, a qualifying EU citizen or an EU citizen with retained rights, or

ii

if the declaration is made for the purposes only of the registration of local government electors in Wales, a relevant citizen of the Union or a qualifying foreign citizen,

of the age appearing from the declaration and as not being subject to any legal incapacity except as so appearing.

2

Where a service declaration appearing to be properly made out and (where required) attested is transmitted to the registration officer in the proper manner, the declarant shall, until the contrary is proved, be treated for the purposes of registration as having had from the date of the declaration or such later date, if any, as appears from it, and as continuing to have, a service qualification.

F33

In relation to the registration of local government electors in Wales, subsection (2) is subject to section 15(3A).

C13C14E217 Effect of service declaration.

F41

Where a person’s service declaration is in force when he applies for registration, he shall be regarded for the purposes of section 4 above as—

a

resident on the date of the declaration at the address specified in it in accordance with section 16(d) above;

F8b

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C15c

until the contrary is proved, as being a Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or F5(in relation to a declaration made other than for the purposes of the registration of local government electors in Scotland) a relevant citizen of the Union F6or (in relation to a declaration made for the purposes of the registration of local government electors in Scotland) a qualifying foreign national of the age appearing from the declaration and as not being subject to any legal incapacity except as so appearing.

2

Where a service declaration appearing to be properly made out and (where required) attested is transmitted to the registration officer in the proper manner, the declarant shall, until the contrary is proved, be treated for the purposes of registration as having had from the date of the declaration or such later date, if any, as appears from it, and as continuing to have, a service qualification.

F73

In relation to the registration of local government electors in Scotland, subsection (2) is subject to section 15(3A).