Representation of the People Act 2000

Evidence of registrationU.K.

20U.K.After section 180 insert—

180A Evidence by certificate of electoral registration.

The certificate of a registration officer that any person is or is not, or was or was not at any particular time, duly registered in one of the officer’s registers in respect of any address shall be sufficient evidence of the facts stated in it; and a document purporting to be such a certificate shall be received in evidence and presumed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is proved.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 1 para. 20 wholly in force at 16.2.2001, see s. 17(3) and S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to art 2(3-5))