Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001

[F1Sale of full register etc: restrictions on supply, charges, etcS

110.—(1) The registration officer may not sell a copy of–

(a)the full register,

(b)any notice under section 13A(2) or 13B(3) [F2, (3B) or (3D)] of the 1983 Act altering the register (“a relevant notice”), or

(c)the list of overseas electors,

except to a person who is entitled under regulation 112 or 113 below to purchase them.

(2) The fee for such sale shall be calculated in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (6) below.

(3) Where a person purchases the full register together with any relevant notices which are published at that time altering the register, the register and the notices shall be treated as the same document for the purposes of the calculations set out in paragraph (5) below; and any entry in the register which is deleted by a notice shall accordingly be ignored for the purposes of the calculation.

(4) Where a person purchases a relevant notice separately from the full register, the calculations set out in paragraph (5) below shall be applied to that notice.

(5) Subject to paragraph (3) above, in the case of the register or a relevant notice–

(a)in data form, the fee shall be at the rate of £20 plus £1.50 for each 1,000 entries (or remaining part of 1,000 entries) in it; and

(b)in printed form, the fee shall be at the rate of £10 plus £5 for each 1,000 entries (or remaining part of 1,000 entries) in it.

(6) In the case of the list of overseas electors–

(a)in data form, the fee shall be at the rate of £20 plus £1.50 for each 100 entries (or remaining part of 100 entries) in it; and

(b)in printed form, the fee shall be at the rate of £10 plus £5 for each 100 entries (or remaining part of 100 entries) in it.

(7) In any copy of the full register [F3or any copy of a notice under section 13A(2) or 13B(3) [F4, (3B) or (3D)] of the 1983 Act] which is sold in accordance with regulations 111 to 113 below, the letter “Z” shall be placed against the [F5entry] of any person whose [F5entry] is not included in the edited version of the register.]

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. 6 inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 2(3) of the amending S.I.) by Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1872), regs. 2(2), 14

F2Words in reg. 110(1)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 27

F4Words in reg. 110(7) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 27