The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Order 2014

Anonymous registration is available to those persons for whom the publication of their name and address in the electoral register would pose a threat to safety. This may include victims of domestic violence, witnesses in certain criminal cases and other vulnerable people who may wish to vote but are afraid that certain individuals may use the electoral register to establish their whereabouts. Provision for anonymous registration in Great Britain was made by section 10 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22). Those provisions were extended to Northern Ireland, with some modifications, by the Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116). This Order makes further amendments to fully implement that system.