SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Disclosure and the intelligence services: consequential amendments
Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/497)
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1
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 45D (supply of record of anonymous entries to the security services), omit paragraphs (3) and (4).
3
In regulation 101(6)
(supply of full register: general restrictions on use), for “regulations 102 to 108” substitute “
regulations 102 to 107 or 108
”
.
4
After regulation 107 insert—
Supply of full register etc to the security services107A
1
This regulation applies to—
a
the Security Service;
b
the Government Communications Headquarters;
c
the Secret Intelligence Service.
2
For the purposes of regulation 101(1) above the relevant part of the documents listed in that provision is the whole of them.
5
In regulation 108 (supply of full register etc to police force and other agencies and restrictions on use), omit—
a
paragraph (1)(g) to (i);
b
in paragraph (4)(a), the words preceding paragraph (i);
c
paragraph (4)(b) and the word “and” immediately preceding it.
6
In regulation 112 (sale of full register to government departments and other bodies)—
a
in the closing words of paragraph (1), after “other than” insert “
a department to which regulation 107A applies or
”
;
b
in paragraph (3) for “regulation 108(1)(g) to (i),” substitute “
regulation 107A
”
.
7
In regulation 115(2) (offences) omit “45D(3),”.
8
For regulation 118(8) (provision of copies of documents open to public inspection) substitute—
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The relevant registration officer shall, on request, supply free of charge copies of any documents open to public inspection—
a
to each of the departments mentioned in regulation 107A;
b
to a person who has inspected those documents and who is entitled to be supplied with a copy of the marked register or lists by virtue of being a person to whom regulation 108 applies.
9
In regulation 119(3) for “regulation 118(8)” substitute “
regulation 118(8)(b)
”
.