2Abolition of annual canvassU.K.
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(1)Amend section 10 of the 1983 Act (maintenance of registers: annual canvass) as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), after “registration officer” insert “ in Great Britain ”.
(3)After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland must conduct a canvass in Northern Ireland in such years as are determined in accordance with section 10ZA.”
(4)In subsection (2)—
(a)for “for any year” substitute “ under subsection (1) or (1A) ”, and
(b)for “that year” substitute “ the year in which it is conducted ”.
(5)In the heading, for “annual canvass” substitute “ duty to conduct canvass ”.