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The Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007

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The Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007, Section 17 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 25 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

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17.—(1) The registration officer must ensure that where he or she supplies or discloses information covered by regulation 16(1)(a) F2..., the officer does not supply or disclose any record relating to a person specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The persons specified in this paragraph are–

(a)a person who has an anonymous entry;

(b)the proxy of a person who has an anonymous entry.

[F3(3) Where the registration officer supplies or discloses information covered by regulation 16(1)(a), he or she must ensure that it does not include any details of a person aged under 16 years of age, unless—

(a)the information has been requested for the purposes of a local government election;

(b)the notice of poll for that election has been published;

(c)the information is needed for the purposes of, or in connection with, that election; and

(d)that person will have attained the age of 16 on or before the date of the poll for that election.]

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