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35A.—(1) A local authority listed in paragraph (2) may disclose to a registration officer information contained in records held by that authority, for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph 1A(1) of Schedule 2 to the 1983 Act [F2except for the purpose of verifying information related to a person named in a relevant absent voting application].
(2) The authorities are—
(a)the authority by which the registration officer was appointed; and
(b)where the council by which the registration officer was appointed is a council for a district in a county for which there is a county council, that county council.
(3) A disclosure under paragraph (1) may be made only in accordance with a written agreement between the authority and the registration officer regulating the processing of the information, including its transfer, storage, destruction and security.
(4) Where an authority refuses a request by a registration officer to disclose information under paragraph (1) it must give the registration officer written reasons for its refusal.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 35A inserted (14.5.2014) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1234), regs. 1(1), 3
F2Words in reg. 35A(1) inserted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 5(19)