The Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001

[F1 Sale of full register to government departments E+W

113.— (1) Subject to regulation 112(2) above, the registration officer shall supply on request and on payment of a fee calculated in accordance with regulation 111 above a copy of a relevant document to a government department.

(2) For the purposes of regulation 112(3) above, the relevant restrictions apply except for the purpose of—

(a) the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the criminal law (whether in England and Wales or elsewhere);

(b) the vetting of employees and applicants for employment, where such vetting is required pursuant to any enactment; and

(c) supply and disclosure in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (6) below.

(3) A government department may supply (whether or not on payment) a copy of the full register to a person (“an authorised person”), who may only disclose information contained in it in accordance with paragraph (5) below.

(4) In this regulation any reference to an authorised person includes a reference to his employees.

(5) Information contained in the full register may not be disclosed by an authorised person except to any person falling within regulations 103 to 108 above; and for use for the purposes for which such a person could obtain a register under the regulation concerned.

(6) The restrictions in regulations 103 to 108 respectively apply to a person to whom information contained in the full register is disclosed under paragraph (5) as it applies to a person to whom a copy of the register is applied under those regulations.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 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))