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96.—(1) This regulation applies to—
(a)any person to whom a copy of the full register has been supplied in pursuance of a relevant provision;
(b)any person to whom information contained in the full register has been disclosed in pursuance of a relevant provision;
(c)any person to whom a person referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) has supplied a copy of the full register or information contained in it for the purposes (express or implied) of a relevant provision; and
(d)any person who has obtained access to a copy of the full register or information contained in it by any other means.
(2) No person to whom this regulation applies may—
(a)supply a copy of the full register,
(b)disclose any information contained in it (that is not contained in the edited register), or
(c)make use of any such information,
[F2other than for a permitted purpose construed in accordance with paragraph (2A).]
[F3(2A) The “permitted purpose”—
(a)where the copy was supplied or the information obtained in pursuance of a relevant provision, means the particular purpose for which the copy was supplied or the information disclosed to the person in question pursuant to the relevant provision;
(b)where the copy was not supplied or the information was not disclosed in pursuance of a relevant provision—
(i)in the case of a person to whom the copy of the full register was made available for inspection under supervision in accordance with regulations 43(1)(a), 97(2)(a) and (3), 97A(4)(a) and (b), 99(4)(a) and 109A(6)(a) and (b), does not include direct marketing within the meaning of [F4section 122(5) of the Data Protection Act 2018]; and
(ii)in any other case, means any purpose for which the person to whom this regulation applies could have obtained a copy of the register or the information contained in it pursuant to any enactment, including these Regulations.]
(3) In this regulation “relevant provision” means any enactment (except the Juries Act 1974 and these Regulations) under which a copy of the full register is to be supplied or information from that register disclosed for a particular purpose.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 6 inserted (16.10.2002) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1871), regs. 2(2), 15 (with reg. 2(3))
F2Words in reg. 96(2) substituted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/752), regs. 1(1), 14(2)
F3Reg. 96(2A) inserted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/752), regs. 1(1), 14(3)
F4Words in reg. 96(2A)(b)(i) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 259 (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 96 applied (with modifications) (1.2.2007) by The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/236), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 14
C2Reg. 96(2) modified (10.6.2011) by The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration Data Schemes) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1467), regs. 2, 5
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