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PART 3Provisions related to the franchise change for EU citizens

Amendment of Part 3 of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001

15.—(1) Part 3 of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (registration) is amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 24A (evidence as to age and nationality: registration of parliamentary electors and local government electors in England) (as inserted by regulation 5(3)), in paragraph (3)(d)(ii) for “or a relevant citizen of the Union” substitute “a qualifying EU citizen or an EU citizen with retained rights”(1).

(3) In regulation 26 (applications for registration), in paragraph (5)(za) (as inserted by regulation 5(7)(c)(i)) after “(3)(ba)” insert “to (bc)”.

(1)

See sections 203A and 203B of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) respectively for the meaning of “qualifying EU citizen” and “EU citizen with retained rights”.