(1)In section 13 of the 1983 Act (publication of registers), for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1)Each registration officer must for each year publish a revised version of his registers—
(a)if there is a canvass in his area in that year, during the period starting with the end of the canvass in that year and ending with 1st December in that year or such later date as may be prescribed, or
(b)if (in Northern Ireland) there is no canvass in that year, on 1st December in that year or by such later date as may be prescribed.”
(2)In section 13A of the 1983 Act (alteration of registers), in subsection (3)(b), for “section 13(1)” substitute “ section 13(1)(a) ”.