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

[F1 Disclosure of certain local authorities’ records E+W

35A.— (1) A local authority listed in paragraph (2) may disclose to a registration officer information contained in records held by that authority, for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph 1A(1) of Schedule 2 to the 1983 Act.

(2) The authorities are—

(a) the authority by which the registration officer was appointed; and

(b) where the council by which the registration officer was appointed is a council for a district in a county for which there is a county council, that county council.

(3) A disclosure under paragraph (1) may be made only in accordance with a written agreement between the authority and the registration officer regulating the processing of the information, including its transfer, storage, destruction and security.

(4) Where an authority refuses a request by a registration officer to disclose information under paragraph (1) it must give the registration officer written reasons for its refusal.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 35A inserted (14.5.2014) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1234), regs. 1(1), 3