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29ZA.—(1) On receipt of an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD of the 1983 Act made [F2otherwise than through the digital service], a registration officer must disclose the name or names, date of birth and national insurance number given under regulation [F326 or 26A] to the [F4Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities] in such a format and through such a conduit system as the [F4Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities] 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 [F5Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities] may disclose the information to the Secretary of State [F6for Work and Pensions].
(3) Where information has been disclosed to the Secretary of State [F7for Work and Pensions] under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State [F7for Work and Pensions] 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 [F8for Work and Pensions] may disclose the results of the comparison to the [F9Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities].
(5) On receipt of such results, the [F10Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities] may disclose them to the registration officer in whose register the applicant has applied to be registered.
(6) Where the [F11Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities] does so, the registration officer must take the results into account in determining the application.
[F12(6ZA) In relation to the registration of parliamentary electors, this regulation does not apply to an application for registration under section 10ZC of the 1983 Act made pursuant to an overseas elector’s declaration.]
[F13(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;
F14(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 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
F2Words 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
F3Words 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
F4Words in reg. 29ZA(1) substituted (8.12.2021) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 29(5)(a) (with art. 12)
F5Words in reg. 29ZA(2) substituted (8.12.2021) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 29(5)(b)(i) (with art. 12)
F6Words in reg. 29ZA(2) inserted (8.12.2021) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 29(5)(b)(ii) (with art. 12)
F7Words in reg. 29ZA(3) inserted (8.12.2021) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 29(5)(c) (with art. 12)
F8Words in reg. 29ZA(4) inserted (8.12.2021) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 29(5)(d)(i) (with art. 12)
F9Words in reg. 29ZA(4) substituted (8.12.2021) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 29(5)(d)(ii) (with art. 12)
F10Words in reg. 29ZA(5) substituted (8.12.2021) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 29(5)(e) (with art. 12)
F11Words in reg. 29ZA(6) substituted (8.12.2021) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 29(5)(e) (with art. 12)
F12Reg. 29ZA(6ZA) inserted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 10(9) (with Sch. 2 para. 2(d))
F13Reg. 29ZA(6A) inserted (25.7.2015) by Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015 (asp 7), ss. 5(5), 21
F14Reg. 29ZA(7)(b) omitted (8.12.2021) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 29(5)(f) (with art. 12)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Regs. 29ZA, 29ZB: transfer of functions (8.12.2021) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), arts. 1(2), 7(3)(b) (with arts. 8, 11, 12)
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