PART 3ELECTIONS

Electoral registration

24Protection of information about persons aged under 16

1

A registration officer must not publish, supply or otherwise disclose a young person's information, except in accordance with—

a

section 25, or

b

regulations under section 26.

2

In this section and sections 25 and 26—

  • a young person's information” (“gwybodaeth person ifanc”) means any entry in—

    1. a

      the register of local government electors, or

    2. b

      an absent voters record or list,

    relating to a person who, at the time of the publication, supply or other disclosure, is under the age of 16, and “young person” is to be interpreted accordingly;

  • absent voters record or list” (“cofnod neu restr o bleidleiswyr absennol”) means any of the following—

    1. a

      a record kept under article 8(3), 9(6) or 12(6) of the 2007 Order;

    2. b

      a list kept under article 10 or 12(8) of the 2007 Order;

    3. c

      F1so far as relating to local government elections, a record kept under paragraph 3(4) or 7(6) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) (absent voting);

    4. d

      so far as relating to local government elections, a list kept under paragraph 5 or 7(8) of that Schedule;

  • register of local government electors” (“cofrestr o etholwyr llywodraeth leol”) includes any notice of an alteration in the register under section 13A(2), 13AB(2) or 13B(3), (3B) or (3D) of the 1983 Act;

  • registration officer” (“swyddog cofrestru”) includes—

    1. a

      a deputy of a registration officer;

    2. b

      a person appointed to assist a registration officer in the carrying out of the registration officer's functions;

    3. c

      a person, in the course of the person's employment, assisting a registration officer in the carrying out of those functions.

F23

In sections 25 and 26, “local government election” means—

a

an election of councillors for any electoral ward or community ward in Wales or, in the case of a community in Wales in which there are no wards, the community, for which the election of councillors is held under the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), or

b

an election for the return of an elected mayor (within the meaning of section 39(1) of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)) of a local authority in Wales.