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Electoral Registration and Administration Bill |
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[The page and line references are to HL Bill 33, the bill as first printed for the Lords.] |
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1 | Page 2, leave out lines 13 to 28 and insert— |
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| “(2A) | Provision made under sub-paragraph (2) authorising or |
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| requiring a registration officer in Great Britain to— |
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| (a) | require a person who has made an application under |
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| section 10ZC or 10ZD to provide evidence that he or she |
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| is the person named in the application, or |
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| (b) | require a person who has made an application under |
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| section 10ZC or 10ZD, or any person who has an entry in |
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| a register, to provide evidence for the purpose of enabling |
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| the officer to determine whether a person is entitled to be |
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| registered in a register maintained by the officer, |
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| | must specify the kind of evidence that a person may be required |
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| to provide (for examples, see paragraph 3ZA(5)).” |
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2 | Page 3, line 4, leave out from “(3)” to end of line 7 and insert “must specify the kind |
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| of evidence that a person is required to provide” |
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3 | Page 3, line 8, leave out from “that” to “person’s” in line 9 and insert “may be |
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4 | Page 3, line 19, at end insert— |
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| “( ) | In section 201 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (regulations), |
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| before subsection (3) insert— |
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| “(2C) | Regulations made for the purposes only of omitting a particular |
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| kind of evidence from the kinds of evidence that a person is or may |
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| be required to provide by virtue of regulations under paragraph |
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| 1(2A) or 3ZA(3) of Schedule 2 shall be subject to annulment in |
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| pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament (and |
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| subsection (2) does not apply to regulations made for those |
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5 | Insert the following new Clause— |
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| “Amendment of Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 |
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| (1) | In section 3(2)(a) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (timing of |
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| Boundary Commission reports), for “before 1st October 2013” substitute |
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| “before 1st October 2018 but not before 1st September 2018”. |
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| (2) | In section 11(2) of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act |
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| 2011, for “1 October 2013” substitute “1 October 2018”. |
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| (3) | In section 14(3) of that Act, for “2015” (in both places) substitute “2020”.” |
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6 | Page 7, line 34, at end insert “(but paragraph 27A of Schedule 5 contains an |
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7 | Insert the following new Clause— |
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| | “Voters waiting at polling station at close of poll |
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| (1) | Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (parliamentary |
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| election rules) is amended as follows. |
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| (2) | In rule 37 (voting procedure) as it extends to England and Wales and |
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| Scotland, after paragraph (6) insert— |
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| “(7) | A voter who at the close of the poll is in the polling station, or in |
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| a queue outside the polling station, for the purpose of voting |
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| shall (despite the close of the poll) be entitled to apply for a ballot |
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| paper under paragraph (1); and these rules apply in relation to |
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| such a voter accordingly.” |
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| (3) | In rule 37 (voting procedure) as it extends to Northern Ireland, after |
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| “(4) | A voter who at the close of the poll is in the polling station, or in |
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| a queue outside the polling station, for the purpose of voting |
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| shall (despite the close of the poll) be entitled to apply for a ballot |
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| paper under paragraph (1); and these rules apply in relation to |
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| such a voter accordingly.”” |
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8 | Page 14, line 16, at beginning insert “Subject as follows,” |
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9 | Page 14, line 17, at end insert— |
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| “(1A) | Paragraph 27A of Schedule 5 comes into force at the end of the period of 2 |
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| months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.” |
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10 | Page 14, line 20, at end insert— |
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| “(3A) | An order under subsection (1) bringing into force any provision of section |
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| (Voters waiting at polling station at close of poll) may— |
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| (a) | make provision in consequence of, or for giving full effect to, that |
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| (b) | make supplementary or incidental provision for the purposes of |
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| (3B) | An order made by virtue of subsection (3A) may— |
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| (a) | modify any Act (whenever passed), including any provision |
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| inserted by a provision of this Act apart from section (Voters waiting |
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| at polling station at close of poll), or |
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| (b) | modify subordinate legislation (whenever made). |
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| (3C) | An order made by virtue of subsection (3A) that contains provision |
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| modifying an Act may not be made unless a draft of the statutory |
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| instrument containing it has been laid before and approved by a resolution |
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| of each House of Parliament. |
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| (3D) | Any other order made by virtue of subsection (3A) is subject to annulment |
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| in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. |
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| “modify” includes amend, repeal or revoke; |
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| “subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the |
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| Interpretation Act 1978.” |
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11 | Page 14, line 23, at end insert “or of any provision of an order made by virtue of |
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12 | Page 22, line 20, at end insert— |
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| “(b) | omit paragraph (c) and the “or” before it.” |
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13 | Page 23, line 15, leave out “In section 13(5)(b),” and insert— |
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| “(1) | Section 13 (publication of registers) is amended as follows. |
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| (2) | In subsection (2)(b), after “13A(3)” insert “or (3A)”. |
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| (3) | In subsection (5)(b),” |
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14 | Page 23, line 23, at end insert— |
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| “( ) | After subsection (3) insert— |
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| “(3A) | Subsection (2)(a)(ii) also does not require a registration officer in |
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| Great Britain to issue a notice under subsection (2) in a case |
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| where the month which follows that in which the relevant time |
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| falls is the month containing the date on which a revised version |
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| of the register is next due to be published in accordance with |
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| section 13(1)(a); and in such a case the alteration in question shall |
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| be made in that revised version of the register.”” |
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15 | Page 23, line 37, at end insert— |
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| “ (1) | Section 49 (effect of registers) is amended as follows. |
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| (a) | in paragraph (b), for the words from “is not” to “was not” |
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| substitute “is not or was not at any particular time”; |
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| (b) | in paragraph (c), for the words from “is, or” to “was,” substitute |
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| “is or was at any particular time”. |
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| (3) | Omit subsection (6).” |
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16 | Page 24, line 14, at end insert— |
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| “ | In section 62 (offences as to declarations), in subsection (1A), for “section |
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| 9B(1)(b)” substitute “section 9B(1A)(a)”.” |
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17 | Page 24, line 26, leave out “must request or provide” and insert “may or must |
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| require persons to give by virtue of regulations under paragraph 1(2), or must |
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18 | Page 25, line 24, at end insert— |
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| “Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) |
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| | In Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (registration: |
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| amendments of Representation of the People Act 1983), omit paragraph |
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19 | Page 25, line 27, leave out “paragraph” and insert “paragraphs 4(2), 5 and” |
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20 | Page 27, line 44, leave out “second new canvass” and insert “third new canvass” |
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21 | Page 35, line 7, at end insert— |
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| “Power to bring forward effect of paragraph 6 |
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| 27A(1) | The Minister may by order provide for paragraph 6 to have effect as if |
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| the reference to the third new canvass were a reference to the second |
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| (2) | An order under sub-paragraph (1) may be made only in the period of |
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| 3 months beginning with 1 June in the year in which the second new |
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| (3) | A statutory instrument containing provision under sub-paragraph (1) |
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| only is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House |
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| of Parliament (and section 10(2) does not apply to it).” |
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22 | Page 35, line 17, at end insert— |
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| ““the third new canvass” means the third canvass under section 9D of |
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| the Representation of the People Act 1983.” |
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23 | Line 2, at end insert “; and to amend section 3(2)(a) of the Parliamentary |
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