Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001

[F1 Sale of full register etc: general provisions S

111.— (1) This regulation applies in respect of the supply on payment of a fee of copies of the full register, including any notice published under section 13A(2) or 13B(3) of the 1983 Act altering that register, in accordance with regulation 112 or 113 below.

(2) The registration officer shall not supply a printed copy of the full register under either of those regulations if to do so would result in him having insufficient copies of it for the purposes of any requirement made by or under any enactment.

(3) In those regulations “the relevant restrictions” means the restrictions set out in paragraphs (4) and (5) below.

(4) No person in an organisation to which a copy of the register has been supplied under regulation 112 or 113 below may–

(a) supply a copy of the full register to any person;

(b) disclose any information contained in it (that is not contained in the edited register); or

(c) make use of any such information,

except for the purpose set out in the regulation by virtue of which the full register has been supplied.

(5) The restrictions in paragraph (4) above apply to a person to whom a copy of the full register has been supplied in accordance with regulation 112 or 113 below or to whom information contained in it has been so disclosed as it applies to a person in the organisation to which the copy of the full register was supplied under the regulation in question.

(6) In this regulation and regulations 112 and 113 below, “a relevant document” means–

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

(b) any notice published under section 13A(2) or 13B(3) of that Act amending it, and

(c) the list of overseas electors.

(7) A request to purchase a relevant document must be made in writing and must–

(a) specify the documents required;

(b) state whether the request is made only in respect of the current documents or whether it includes a request for the supply of any subsequent documents on publication for as long as the person making the request pays for them; and

(c) state whether a printed copy of any document is requested instead of the version in data form.]

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