The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 No. 925 (S. 2)

PART 9 Access to Absent Voter Lists

Conditions on the use, supply and inspection of absent voter records or lists

44.  After regulation 61 insert–

“Conditions on the use, supply and inspection of absent voter records or lists

61A.   The restrictions on the supply, disclosure and use of the full register in regulations 94 and 95 shall apply to information covered by regulations 61(1)(a) and (b), as they apply to the full register, except that the permitted purpose shall mean either–

(a) research purposes within the meaning of that term in section 33 of the Data Protection Act 1998; or

(b) electoral purposes.”.