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Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Removal of names from roll and alterations to roll

99: Notice of alterations to roll

You could also call this:

"When your details change on the electoral roll, you get a notice telling you what's happened."

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If your name is removed from the electoral roll, the Electoral Commission must send you a notice in writing. This notice tells you that your name is no longer on the roll. The Electoral Commission must send you this notice within 14 days of removing your name. You can find more information about when names are removed from the roll in section 98(1) of the Electoral Act 1993. If your name is added to a different roll, the Electoral Commission must also send you a notice in writing.

If your name is removed or added to a roll during a certain time, like when an election is happening, the Electoral Commission must send you the notice right away. The Electoral Commission can deliver the notice to you in person or send it to you by post. They must do this within a certain time frame, depending on what is happening with your name on the roll.

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Part 5Registration of electors
Removal of names from roll and alterations to roll

99Notice of alterations to roll

  1. Where, pursuant to any of the provisions of paragraphs (c) to (i) of section 98(1), the name of a person is removed from the roll, the Electoral Commission must, in accordance with subsection (3) or subsection (4), deliver or send to that person, notice in writing of the removal of that person’s name from the roll.

  2. Where the name of a person (being a name which, pursuant to section 98(1)(h) or section 98(1)(i), has been removed from a roll) is entered, pursuant to section 98(4), on another roll, the Electoral Commission must, in accordance with subsection (3) or subsection (4), deliver or send to that person notice in writing of the entry of that person’s name on that other roll.

  3. Subject to subsection (4), the notice required by subsection (1) or subsection (2)—

  4. shall be delivered to the person personally or sent to the person by post; and
    1. shall be so delivered or sent not later than 14 days after the date on which,—
      1. where the notice is required by subsection (1), the person’s name is removed; or
        1. where the notice is required by subsection (2), the person’s name is entered.

        2. Where the name of a person is removed or entered, as the case may be, in the period beginning on the day after writ day and ending on polling day, the notice required by subsection (1) or (2) must immediately be delivered to the person personally or sent to the person by post.

        Notes
        • Section 99(1): amended, on , by section 44(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
        • Section 99(2): amended, on , by section 44(2) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
        • Section 99(2): amended, on , by section 31 of the Electoral Amendment Act (No 2) 1995 (1995 No 61).
        • Section 99(4): replaced, on , by section 8 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 2).