97. Section 20 of the Act of 1992 is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) Each registration authority shall, in accordance with this Part and the Second Schedule—

(a) maintain the register of electors by—

(i) entering on the register the names of persons entitled to be registered as electors,

(ii) removing from the register the names of persons not entitled to be registered as electors,

(iii) updating such details as may be necessary, and

(iv) correcting details that are found to be erroneous, as may be necessary,

to ensure a complete and accurate register of electors, and

(b) subject to section 15E(3)(b), make available for inspection the register.”,

(b) in subsection (4)(b), by the substitution of “maintaining and publishing” for “preparing and publishing”, and

(c) in subsection (5)—

(i) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “maintaining and publishing” for “preparing and publishing”,

(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), the Minister may under this subsection cause a greater proportion of the cost of maintaining, updating and publishing the register to be borne by the registration authority than that provided for under subsection (4) if, in the opinion of the Minister, there are deficiencies attributable to the registration authority in the register.”,

and

(iii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “maintaining and publishing” for “preparing and publishing”.