The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Amendment to provision for sale of full register to government departments

23.—(1) Regulation 113 of the 2001 Regulations shall be amended as follows.

(2) In the heading after “government departments” insert “and other bodies”.

(3) In paragraph (1) for “to a government department” substitute—

• “to—

  (a)

  a government department;

  (b)

  the Environment Agency;

  (c)

  the Financial Services Authority; or

  (d)

  a body not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) which carries out the vetting of any person for the purpose of safeguarding national security,

  other than a force or organisation to which regulation 109(1) applies.”

(4) For paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) For the purposes of regulation 112(3), the relevant restrictions apply—

(a) in the case of a body falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph (1), except for the purpose of—

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

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

(iii) the vetting of any person where such vetting is for the purpose of safeguarding national security; or

(iv) supply and disclosure in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (6); and

(b) in the case of a body falling within sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1), except for the purpose of the vetting of any person where such vetting is for the purpose of safeguarding national security.”

(5) In paragraph (3), after “government department” insert “, other than one mentioned in regulation 109(1)(g) to (i),”.