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Changes over time for: Section 61B


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Point in time view as at 07/02/2024.
Changes to legislation:
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001, Section 61B.

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[The personal identifiers recordE+W
61B.—(1) The registration officer shall maintain a record (“the personal identifiers record”), apart from the other records and lists which he is required to keep under Schedule 4, of the signatures and dates of birth provided by persons whose applications under paragraph 3(1) or (2), paragraph 4(1) or (2) or paragraph 7(4)(a) or (b) of Schedule 4 were granted, until the expiry of twelve months from—
(a)the date on which a person is removed from the record kept pursuant to paragraph 3(4) or 7(6) of Schedule 4; or
(b)the date of the poll for the purposes of which the person’s application for an absent vote was granted under paragraph 4(1) or (2) or 7(4)(b) of Schedule 4.
(2) The personal identifiers record shall contain the following information in respect of each absent voter on the postal voters list, list of proxies or proxy postal voters list—
(a)his name;
(b)his date of birth; and
(c)his signature, or a record of the waiver by the registration officer of the requirement for a signature;
(3) The registration officer may disclose information held in the personal identifiers records to—
(a)any candidate or agent attending proceedings on receipt of postal ballot papers, in accordance with and for the purposes referred to [in regulation 85A];
(b)any person attending proceedings on receipt of postal ballot papers, who is entitled to do so by virtue of any of sections 6A to 6D of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, but only to the extent required to permit them to observe the proceedings.]
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