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SCHEDULE 2U.K.Alteration of registers of parliamentary electors

5(1)Section 13B (alteration of registers: pending elections), as it has effect in England and Wales and Scotland, is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsection (1), after “section 13A(2) above” insert “ or section 13BC(3) or (6) below ”.

(3)In subsection (2)(c), for “or section 13AB(3)” substitute “ , or under section 13AB(3) or section 13BC(3) or (6), ”.

(4)After subsection (3), insert—

“(3ZA)In determining for the purposes of subsection (2)(c) whether an alteration made in consequence of the determination, requirement or decision is due to take effect under section 13BC(3) on or before the fifth day before the date of the poll, the reference to section 13B in section 13BC(2) is to be disregarded.

(3ZB)Subsection (3) does not require a registration officer to issue a notice under that subsection in a case where section 13BC(3) or (6) requires the officer to issue a notice under that provision at an earlier time.”