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| | Clause 1, page 2, line 8, at end add ‘if the Electoral Commission believes that the |
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| | new electoral system is operating effectively’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 16, line 20, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(6A) | The Minister must ensure that a formal appeals process is in place for any |
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| | | person in respect of whose registration a determination has been made under |
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| | Clause 2, page 2, line 44, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | Provision must ensure that application forms ascertain the eligibility of an |
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| | | applicant to register in another local authority area, and which local authority area |
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| | Clause 2, page 3, line 4, leave out from ‘(3)’ to end of line 9 and insert ‘will require |
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| | a person to provide their date of birth and National Insurance number’. |
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| | Schedule 2, page 18, line 27, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4A) | In section 53 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (power to make |
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| | | regulations as to registration, etc), after subsection (1) insert— |
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| | | “() | Provisions shall be made by regulations requiring local authorities |
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| | | to share data with a registration officer in Great Britain for the |
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| | | (a) | verifying information relating to a person who is registered |
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| | | in a register maintained by the officer or who is named in |
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| | | an application for registration in, or alteration of, a register, |
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| | | (b) | ascertaining the names and addresses of people who are not |
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| | | registered but who are entitled to be registered, or |
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| | | (c) | identifying those people who are registered but who are not |
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| | | entitled to be registered. |
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| | | () | Registration officers in Great Britain are to be under an obligation |
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| | | to utilise such information for these purposes.”.’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 39, leave out from ‘canvass’ to end of line and insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | The annual canvass must be held during the month of October every year in |
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| | | relation to the area for which the officer acts.’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 4, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3A) | Each local authority must write once a year to each address in their Local Land |
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| | | and Property Gazetteer (in Scotland the local addresses in the One Scotland |
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| | | (3B) | Local authorities must also write to those properties not listed in the Gazetteer but |
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| | | which the local authority believes have been built in the previous two years. |
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| | | (3C) | In addition, the local authority should write to every property from which an |
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| | | electoral registration form has been returned within the past 10 years, except |
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| | | where the officer has good reason to believe that the property is no longer |
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| | | residential or has been demolished, and |
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| | | (3D) | The local authority should write to each property to which it has served a notice |
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| | | for charges or taxes within the previous five years.’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 4, line 9, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 4, line 13, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(5A) | All higher and further education institutions must cooperate with local officers in |
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| | | providing a comprehensive list of students in all forms of residential |
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| | | (5B) | Such lists must be provided at the start of each academic year. |
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| | | (5C) | Local authority officers must write individually to all students with an electoral |
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