Commentary on Sections Part 2: Administration and Conduct of Elections etc Section 23: Repeal of powers to establish co-ordinated on-line record of electors
78.Section 23 repeals Part 1 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 and repeals consequential provisions related to it. These provided the legislative basis to establish a Co-ordinated Online Record of Electors. These provisions are no longer needed following the Government’s announcement on 21 July 2011 that it would not be pursuing the Co-ordinated Online Record of Electors project.