Part 2 Amendment of the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

Amendment of regulation 27A (retention of registration information)

15.  In regulation 27A (retention of registration information)(1)—

(a) for the heading substitute “Processing of information provided in connection with an application for registration”;

(b) before paragraph (1) insert—

“(A1) If a person provides an original document in accordance with regulation 25A(2), 25B(2), 25C(2), 27ZA(3) or (4), 27ZB(2), 27ZD(2)(a) or (5), 27ZE(3)(a) or 27ZG(7), the registration officer must make a copy of that document and return the original document to the person who provided it.”;

(c) in paragraph (1), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) must retain any other information or documents provided to the registration officer in connection with the application or, in the case of original documents which are returned under paragraph (A1), a copy of such documents.”.

(1)

Regulation 27A was inserted by S.I. 2018/699 and amended by S.I. 2020/581.