Existing registers
7 Existing registers
Each register under the former Act (an existing register) is taken to be the register for the purposes of this Act (a corresponding register).
An existing register that becomes a corresponding register by operation of this clause may continue to include information that was recorded for the purposes of the former Act for which the register was maintained.
Without limiting any other provision of this Act, the Electoral Commission may update or correct information recorded in an existing register that becomes a corresponding register to reflect changes resulting from the commencement of provisions of this Act.
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