Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006
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Applicant to provide information or documents. |
4.— (1) A person making an application to be entered in the postal voters list pursuant to section 2 shall furnish to the registration authority any information or documents in the applicant’s possession or procurement which the authority may require for the purposes of— | |
(a) satisfying itself that the applicant is a person to whom section 2 applies, or | ||
(b) determining the place where he or she would have been residing but for his or her detention in prison. | ||
(2) If a registration authority makes a requirement pursuant to subsection (1), it may specify in the requirement or in a subsequent notice given by it in relation to the requirement the period of time within which the requirement shall be complied with and, if the applicant does not comply within the period so specified, the application referred to in subsection (1) shall be deemed to have been withdrawn. | ||
(3) The period of time (if any) specified in the requirement or notice referred to in subsection (2) shall not be less than 7 days from the day on which the requirement is made or the notice is given, as the case may be. |