[F1Supply 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 [F3Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru].
(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.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 6 inserted (16.10.2002) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1871), regs. 2(2), 15 (with reg. 2(3))
F2Words in reg. 101(1) inserted (28.6.2016) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/694), regs. 1, 11(a)
F3Words in reg. 101(2) substituted (25.6.2024) by Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), s. 25(1)(a), Sch. 1 para. 53
F4Word in reg. 101(3)(b) inserted (6.4.2014) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Description of Electoral Registers and Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3198), regs. 1(4), 42; S.I. 2014/414, art. 3(b)
F5Words in reg. 101 inserted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 28 (with reg. 1(2)(3)(a))