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Electoral Provisions (Registration of Electors) Regulations
[1984 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Notices of objection.
65 of 1984, s. 28.
Procedure on objections.
65 of 1984, s. 28.
16. (1) Any person who considers that any other person-
(a) who has applied under regulation 13 to have his name
included in the final register; or
(b) whose name appears in a provisional register,
is not entitled to be registered as an elector may object to the inclusion of such name in the final register by lodging by hand in person with the registration officer, on or before 25 November of the year in which the objection is lodged, a notice of objection in the specified form.
(2) The registration officer may call upon any person lodging a notice of objection under paragraph (1) to identify himself by such means as the registration officer considers expedient.
17. (1) If the registration officer receives a notice of objection under regulation 16 to the inclusion of a name in the final register, he shall forthwith-
(a) refer the matter of the objection to the revising officer for
determination; and
(b) obtain from him a date, being a date during the period commencing on 30 November and ending on 10 December in the year in which the notice of objection is lodged, and a time and place for the hearing by the revising officer of the notice of objection,
and shall thereupon notify in writing both the person objecting and the other person named in such notice of objection-
(i) that the matter of the objection has been referred to the revising officer for determination on the date and at the time and place specified in the notification (being the date, time and place obtained under sub-paragraph (b)); and (ii) that the person objecting and such other person may each appear before the revising officer on such date and at such time and place either in person or by any other person on his behalf, and be heard, or (whether he will appear or not) make written representations so as to reach the revising officer, at an address stated in such notification, before the specified date, and obtain the determination of the revising officer on such objection.
(2) Every such objection shall be considered by the revising officer who shall give his determination thereon, but where the person objecting or the other person named in the notice of objection does not appear either in person or by any other person on his behalf before the revising officer on the date and at the time and place specified in the notification sent to him under paragraph (1) and no written representations have been received from him by the revising officer before such date, the revising officer may nevertheless consider and determine the objection in his absence and in the absence of any representations from him.
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