Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001

[F1 Verification of information provided in an application S

29ZA.— (1) On receipt of an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD of the 1983 Act made [F2 otherwise than through the digital service], a registration officer must disclose the name or names, date of birth and national insurance number given under regulation [F3 26 or 26A] to the [F4 Minister for the Cabinet Office] in such a format and through such a conduit system as the [F5 Minister for the Cabinet Office] may have notified to the registration officer in writing.

(2) Following receipt of the information from the registration officer or (in the case of an application made through the digital service) from the applicant, the [F6 Minister for the Cabinet Office] may disclose the information to the Secretary of State.

(3) Where information has been disclosed to the Secretary of State under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may compare it against—

(a) the name, date of birth and national insurance number of individuals appearing in the following types of databases kept by the Secretary of State—

(i) databases kept for the purposes of functions relating to social security (including such information kept on behalf of the Department for Social Development); and

(ii) databases relating to working tax credit, child tax credit and child benefit (being information kept on behalf of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs); and

(b) any other information contained in those databases which relates to the information disclosed under paragraph (2).

(4) The Secretary of State may disclose the results of the comparison to the [F7 Minister for the Cabinet Office].

(5) On receipt of such results, the [F7 Minister for the Cabinet Office] may disclose them to the registration officer in whose register the applicant has applied to be registered.

(6) Where the [F7 Minister for the Cabinet Office] does so, the registration officer must take the results into account in determining the application.

[F8 (6A) In relation to the registration of local government electors, this regulation does not apply to an application made by a person under the age of 16.]

(7) In this regulation—

(a) “conduit system” has the same meaning as in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984;

(b) “the Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Regs. 29ZA, 29ZB inserted (10.6.2014) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Description of Electoral Registers and Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3206), regs. 1(5)(b), 14

F2 Words in reg. 29ZA(1) substituted (4.3.2015) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/450), regs. 1, 4

F3 Words in reg. 29ZA(1) substituted (2.12.2015) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1966), regs. 1, 5

F4 Words in reg. 29ZA(1) substituted (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 34(2)(d) (with art. 12)

F5 Words in reg. 29ZA(1) substituted (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 34(3)(a) (with art. 12)

F6 Words in reg. 29ZA(2) substituted (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 34(2)(d) (with art. 12)

F7 Words in reg. 29ZA(4)-(6) substituted (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 34(2)(d) (with art. 12)

F8 Reg. 29ZA(6A) inserted (25.7.2015) by Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015 (asp 7), ss. 5(5), 21