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The Representation of the People (Franchise Amendment and Eligibility Review) Regulations 2023

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Duty to determine whether relevant citizens of the Union continue to satisfy the registration criteria

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5.—(1) A registration officer appointed for an area in England must determine in accordance with regulations 6 to 13 whether a relevant person in the registration officer’s area continues to satisfy the registration criteria.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), a registration officer must make the determination specified in paragraph (1) by the end of 31st January 2025.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply where at the end of 31st January 2025—

(a)the registration officer has requested information from a relevant person under regulation 10, and the date for response specified in that request has not yet passed,

(b)the 14 day period within which the relevant person may request a review hearing, following notification from the registration officer pursuant to regulation 12, has not yet passed, or

(c)the relevant person has requested a hearing pursuant to regulation 12(2)(d), and

(i)the review has not yet been heard, or

(ii)the review has been heard but the subject of the review has not been notified of the outcome of the review,

and in consequence the registration officer has not made a determination.

(4) Where paragraph (3) applies, the registration officer must make the determination specified in paragraph (1) as soon as reasonably practicable after 31st January 2025.

(5) Nothing in this Chapter prevents a registration officer from reviewing the eligibility of a relevant person to be or to remain registered in accordance with section 10ZE of the 1983 Act for reasons other than that they are a relevant person.

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