8.—(1) As soon as practicable after the registration officer has registered the name of a relevant citizen of the Union in the register maintained under regulation 5(2) above in the circumstances set out in paragraph (2) below, he shall send a copy of the application and declaration made in pursuance of regulation 6(1) and (2) above by virtue of which he entered the name in the register to the Secretary of State.
(2) Those circumstances are where the relevant citizen of the Union would be entitled to vote at a European Parliamentary general election in pursuance of the registration.