Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001

[F1 Supply of free copy of full register etc to certain Commissions and restrictions on use S

100.— (1) Each registration officer shall supply, free of charge and on publication, one copy of each of the documents listed in paragraph (2) below to the Boundary Commission for Scotland and the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland.

(2) Those documents are–

(a) any revised version of the register published under section 13(1) or (3) of the 1983 Act;

(b) any notice setting out an alteration to the register published under section 13A(2) or 13B(3) of that Act, and

(c) any list of overseas electors.

(3) In paragraph (1) above the duty to supply is a duty to supply in data form unless, prior to publication, the Commission to whom it is to be supplied has requested in writing a printed copy instead.

(4) In paragraph (5) below “a relevant person” means, in relation to each of the Commissions referred to in paragraph (1) above–

(a) a member of the Commission in question;

(b) a person appointed to assist the Commission in question to carry out its functions and

(c) a person employed by the Commission in question.

(5) A relevant person may not–

(a) supply a copy of the full version of the register, except to another relevant person;

(b) disclose any information contained in it (that is not contained in the edited register), except by publishing information about electors which does not include the name and address of any elector, or

(c) process or make use of any such information, except in connection with his statutory functions.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 6 inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 2(3) of the amending S.I.) by Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1872), regs. 2(2), 14