Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill
AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
IN COMMITTEE
| Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Registration: notification of multiple registrations |
| (1) | In section 10 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) (maintenance of registers: annual canvass) there is inserted— |
| "(5A) | The information to be obtained by the use of such a form for the purposes of a canvass in Northern Ireland shall include an indication of any other address at which the person is registered. |
| (2) | In section 10A (maintenance of registers: registration of electors) and section 13A (alteration of registers) of the 1983 Act there is inserted— |
| "( ) | An application for registration in respect of an address in Northern Ireland shall include an indication of any other address at which the person is registered. |
| (3) | Any person knowingly giving false information in response to any requirement of this section is guilty of an offence with liability on summary conviction to— |
| (a) | imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months; or |
| (b) | a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both." |
| Page 3, line 32, after "application" insert "is made on a form supplied by the Chief Electoral Office for Northern Ireland containing such marking or coding as he may determine and" |
| Page 3, line 43, at end insert— |
| "( ) | In section 6 (absent vote at elections for an indefinite period) and in section 7 (absent vote at a particular election), at the end of paragraph (1)(c) there is inserted— |
| | ", which shall include the date of birth and the national insurance number of the applicants, if applicable"." |
| Page 3, line 47, after "application" insert "is made on a form supplied by the Chief Electoral Office for Northern Ireland containing such marking or coding as he may determine and" |
| Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Voters: specified documents |
| (1) | From 1st May 2003, paragraph (1E) of rule 37 of the parliamentary election rules applicable to election in Northern Ireland, imported into Schedule 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) by section 1(2) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 (c. 2), is amended in accordance with subsection (2). |
| (2) | For sub-paragraphs (a) to (g) there is substituted— |
| "(a) | the plastic photographic card which is, or forms the counterpart of, a current licence to drive a motor vehicle; |
| (b) | a current passport issued by the Government of the United Kingdom or by the Republic of Ireland; |
| (c) | a senior citizen's concessionary fare pass issued by the Northern Ireland Department of Regional Government; |
| (d) | a current electoral identity card issued under section 13C of this Act."" |
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