Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

Page 18, line 15, at end insert—

“(1A) Provision under sub-paragraph (1) must authorise or require institutions providing secondary education (as defined by section 2A of the Education Act 1996), the Student Loans Company Limited, the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency, tenancy deposit schemes (as defined by section 212 of the Housing Act 2004), and credit referencing agencies (as defined by section 145(8) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974), to disclose information to another person for the purpose of assisting a registration officer in Great Britain.”

Insert the following new Clause—

“Representation of the People Act 1985 (Amendment)

(1) The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument amend the Representation of the People Act 1985 either—

(a) in section 1 (extension of parliamentary franchise), to omit subsections (3)(c) and 4(a) and in section 3 (extension of franchise for European Parliamentary elections), to omit subsections (3)(c) and (4)(a); or

(b) to substitute for the period of 15 years provided for in each of those sections a longer period (“the relevant period”).

(2) If the Secretary of State makes an order under subsection (1)(b) he may subsequently make further orders under subsection (1)(b) provided that any such subsequent order may only provide for a further increase in the relevant period.

(3) An instrument containing an order under subsection (1) shall be subject to approval by resolution of both Houses of Parliament.”

Page 5, line 40, leave out paragraph (b)

Page 8, line 5, at end insert “(but paragraph 27A of Schedule 5 contains an exception to this)”

Page 29, line 23, leave out “second new canvass” and insert “third new canvass”

Page 32, line 30, leave out “first” and insert “second”

Page 33, line 2, leave out “first” and insert “second”

Page 36, line 33, at end insert—

27A (1) The Minister may by order provide for paragraph 6 to have effect as if the reference to the third new canvass were a reference to the second new canvass.

(2) An order under sub-paragraph (1) may be made only in the period of 3months beginning with 1 June in the year in which the second new canvass begins.

(3) A statutory instrument containing provision under sub-paragraph (1) only is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament (and section 11(2) does not apply to it).”

Line 9, leave out sub-paragraph (3) and insert—

“(3) A statutory instrument containing provision under sub-paragraph (1) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.”

Page 37, line 2, at end insert—

““the third new canvass” means the third canvass under section 9D of the Representation of the People Act 1983.”

Insert the following new Clause—

“Voting procedure

(1) Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (parliamentary elections rules) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 37 (voting procedure) after sub-paragraph (6) insert—

“(7) A voter who is in the polling station or in a queue outside the polling station for the purpose of voting at the time specified for the close of poll shall be entitled to apply for a ballot paper under sub-paragraph (1) above and a ballot paper shall be delivered and the voter entitled to vote in accordance with this paragraph.””

Line 10, at end insert—

“(3) Section 66A of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (prohibition on publication of exit polls) is amended as follows.

(4) In subsection (1), after “before” insert “a time 30 minutes after”.”

Insert the following new Clause—

“Opt-in to the edited version of the electoral register

(1) From 1 December 2013, the inclusion of the name of an elector on the edited version of the electoral register shall only take place when the elector has given permission for his name to be included.

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), permission shall be deemed to have been given when the elector ticks a box on the electoral registration form indicating that he wishes to be so included.”

Page 15, line 2, at beginning insert “Subject as follows,”

Page 15, line 3, at end insert—

“(1A) Paragraph 27A of Schedule 5 comes into force at the end of the period of 2 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.”