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Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013

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Powers to delay canvasses and timing of canvasses

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9(1)The Minister may by order—

(a)postpone any canvass to be conducted under section 10(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983;

(b)make provision about the period during which canvass forms to be used for the purpose of such a canvass are to be given.

(2)The Minister may by order postpone the first new canvass.

(3)Any canvass forms to be used by a registration officer for the purpose of the first new canvass must be given within the period prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 8.

(4)The Minister may by order make provision about the period during which any canvass forms to be used for the purpose of the second new canvass are to be given.

(5)A registration officer is not required, before the commencement date, to do anything for the purpose of conducting any canvass under section 10(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 by reference to residence on the 15 October after the commencement date.

(6)An order under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) postponing a canvass must specify the period during which it is to be conducted; and the period must not end later than the 1 April after it begins.

(7)An order under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) postponing a canvass does not postpone or remove a duty to conduct any other canvass.

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