PART IIIREGISTRATION
The register
Supply of free copies of register and list of overseas electors otherwise than on requestI146
1
The registration officer shall supply, free of charge and on publication, one copy of–
a
the revised version of the register under section 13(1) and (3) of the 1983 Act33;
b
any notice under sections 13A(2) and 13B(3) of that Act; and
c
the list of overseas electors under regulation 45 above,
to the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, the Electoral Commission, the National Library of Scotland and the British Library.
2
The registration officer shall supply, free of charge and on publication, one copy of–
a
every revised version of the register under section 13(1) and (3) of the 1983 Act; and
b
every notice under sections 13A(2) and 13B(3) of that Act,
to the council or councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 for his registration area and to the returning officer for that council or, as the case may be, each such council.
3
As soon practicable after the relevant event, the registration officer shall supply free of charge to a returning officer for any constituency wholly or partly in his registration area as many printed copies of–
a
the latest revised version of the register under section 13(1) or section 13(3) of the 1983 Act, as the case may be;
b
any notice under sections 13A(2) and 13B(3) of that Act relating to that version of the register, and
c
the most recently published list of overseas electors under regulation 45 above,
as the returning officer may reasonably require for the purposes of the forthcoming parliamentary election in his constituency.
4
In paragraph (3) above–
a
“relevant event” means–
i
the announcement of Her Majesty’s intention to dissolve Parliament, or
ii
the occurrence of a vacancy in the relevant constituency; and
b
the duty to supply as many printed copies of the register and the list of overseas electors as the returning officer may reasonably require includes a duty to supply one copy of each in data form.
5
In paragraphs (1) and (2) above the duty to supply one copy of the register and, where relevant, of the list of overseas electors, means–
a
in the case of the National Library of Scotland and the British Library, a duty to supply a printed copy of each; and
b
in any other case, a duty to supply a copy of each in data form unless, prior to publication, the recipient has requested in writing a copy in printed form.