1D Duration of entitlement to be registered 

(1) Where a person is registered in a register of parliamentary electors inpursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration, the person is entitled to remainso registered until—

(a) the third 1 November following the date when the person’s entryon the register first takes effect (subject to any extension undersubsections (2) and (3)), or
(b) if sooner, the occurrence of an event mentioned in subsection (4).

(2) Subsection (3) applies if—

(a) at any time during the 6 months ending with the last day ofthe initial registration period or of any further registration period,the registration officer concerned receives a declaration made bythe person under and in accordance with section 1E (a “renewaldeclaration”), and
(b) the registration officer is satisfied that, on the date on which theperson makes the renewal declaration, the person is entitled to remainregistered in the register in pursuance of the overseas elector’sdeclaration.

(3) The person is entitled to remain registered in the register in pursuance of theoverseas elector’s declaration until—

(a) the third 1 November following the day after the last day of the initialregistration period or of the further registration period in question(subject to any further extension), or
(b) if sooner, the occurrence of an event specified in subsection (4).

(4) The events referred to in subsections (1)(b) and (3)(b) are—

(a) the registration officer determines in accordance with regulations thatthe person was not entitled to be registered or to remain registered (asthe case may be);
(b) the registration officer determines in accordance with regulations—

(i) that the person was registered as the result of an applicationunder section 10ZC or 10A(1) of the principal Act made bysome other person, or
(ii) that the person’s entry has been altered as the result of anapplication under section 10ZD or 10A(4) of that Act madeby some other person;

(c) the overseas elector’s declaration is cancelled (see section 1C(7));
(d) another entry made in respect of the person in any electoral registertakes effect (in the case of a register of parliamentary electors,whether or not in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration).

(5) A renewal declaration made by a person is of no effect unless received by theregistration officer concerned within the period of 3 months beginning withthe date on which the person makes the declaration.
(6) In this section—

“electoral register” has the same meaning as in section 1A;
“initial registration period” means the period for which the personis entitled by virtue of subsection (1)(a) to remain registered;
“further registration period” means a period for which the personis entitled by virtue of subsection (3)(a) to remain registered.

(7) Where a person is entitled to remain registered in a register of parliamentaryelectors for a constituency or part of a constituency by virtue of subsections (2)and (3), it is to be conclusively presumed for the purposes of section 1A thatthe person was not resident in the United Kingdom on the date on which theperson made the renewal declaration in question.
(8) Where a person’s entitlement to remain registered in a register ofparliamentary electors terminates by virtue of subsection (1) or (3), theregistration officer concerned must remove the person’s entry from theregister.