Political Parties and Elections Bill

Amendment 121 121: After Clause 32, insert the following new Clause— "Meaning of expressions relating to registration In this Part (except in section 29)— "false", in relation to a signature, means that the signature is not the usual signature of, or was written by a person other than, the person whose signature it purports to be; "register", in relation to a registration officer, means a register maintained by that officer under section 9 of the 1983 Act; "registered person" means a person registered in such a register; "registration objectives" has the meaning given by section 27(6); "registration officer" has the same meaning as in the 1983 Act (see section 8 of that Act) except that it does not include the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland." Amendment 121 agreed.