[F1PART VIE+WSUPPLY OF REGISTER ETC

Supply on publication and specific restrictionsE+W

Supply of free copy of full register etc to certain Commissions and restrictions on useE+W

101.(1) Each registration officer in England shall supply, free of charge and on publication, one copy of each of the documents listed in paragraph (3) below to the Boundary Commission for England [F2and the Local Government Boundary Commission for England].

(2) Each registration officer in Wales shall supply, free of charge and on publication, one copy of each of the documents listed in paragraph (3) below to the Boundary Commission for Wales and the [F3Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales].

(3) Those documents are—

(a)any revised version of the register published under section 13(1) or (3) of the 1983 Act;

(b)any notice setting out an alteration to the register published under section 13A(2) [F4,13AB(2)] or 13B(3) [F5, (3B) or (3D)] of that Act; and

(c)any list of overseas electors.

(4) In paragraphs (1) and (2) the duty to supply is a duty to supply in data form unless, prior to publication, the Commission to whom it is to be supplied has requested in writing a printed copy instead.

(5) In paragraph (6) below “a relevant person” means, in relation to each of the Commissions referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) above—

(a)a member of the Commission in question;

(b)a person appointed to assist the Commission in question to carry out its functions; and

(c)a person employed by the Commission in question.

(6) A relevant person may not—

(a)supply a copy of the full version of the register, other than to another relevant person;

(b)disclose any information contained in it and not contained in the edited register, otherwise than by publishing information about electors which does not include the name and address of any elector; or

(c)process or make use of any such information, other than in connection with their statutory functions.]