The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Supply of information about electors to the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency for the purpose of meeting the registration objectives

4.—(1) After regulation 112 of the 2008 Regulations insert—

“Supply to assist the registration officer to meet the relevant registration objectives

Supply of additional elector information to the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

112A.— (1) The registration officer may supply additional elector information to the Agency.

(2) In this regulation—

“the Agency” means the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency;

“additional elector information” means information relating to an elector’s date of birth or nationality or both, but does not include information which was only obtained by the registration officer pursuant to a request under regulation 41;

“relevant registration objectives” has the meaning given in section 10ZB of the 1983 Act.

(3) No person employed by the Agency may—

(a) supply a copy of the additional elector information other than to another such person;

(b) disclose any information contained in the additional elector information (and not contained in the edited register) otherwise than by publishing information about electors which does not include the date of birth or nationality of any elector;

(c) process or make use of the additional elector information other than for statistical purposes or for the purpose of assisting the registration officer to meet the relevant registration objectives.

(4) The restrictions in paragraph (3) apply to a person to whom any of the additional elector information has been supplied or information disclosed under that paragraph as they apply to a person to whom this regulation applies.”

(2) In regulation 114 of the 2008 Regulations, in paragraph (2), after “111(5) and (6)” insert “, 112A(3)”.