Electoral Reform Act 2022

Chapter 2

Amendments to Electoral Act 1997

Amendment of section 63 of Electoral Act 1997

107. Section 63 of the Electoral Act 1997 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “every elector who, subject to section 14(2) of the Act of 1992, applies to be so entered” for “every elector who, not later than the last date for making claims for correction in the draft register, applies to be so entered”, and

(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) Where an application to be entered in the postal voters list under subsection (1) is refused by the registration authority, the applicant may appeal the decision in writing to the county registrar in accordance with Rule 39 of Part VIII of the Second Schedule to the Act of 1992.”.