Part 3Consequential amendment of other electoral legislation

Amendment of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 200122

1

The Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 200153 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 26B (power to request additional evidence where certain information is unavailable or where the registration officer considers it necessary), in paragraph (6ZC) (meaning of “relevant identity attestation”), after paragraph (c) insert—

ca

regulation 25A(3) of the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008;

3

In regulation 26I (overseas electors: supplemental provision as to attestations and the meaning of “qualified attestor”), in paragraph (4)—

a

omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (a);

b

at the end of paragraph (b) insert—

, and

c

regulations 25C and 27ZC to 27ZF of the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008.

4

In regulation 56C (power to request additional evidence in relation to relevant absent voting applications where registration officer considers it necessary), in paragraph (8), after paragraph (c) insert—

ca

regulation 25A(3) of the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008;