[F1 PART 6 S SUPPLY OF REGISTER ETC

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 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

General restrictions S

Restrictions on supply of full register and disclosure of information from it by the registration officer and his staff S

94.— (1) This regulation applies to–

(a) the registration officer, and

(b) any person appointed to assist any such officer or who in the course of his employment is assigned to assist any such officer in his registration duties.

(2) Where the registration officer is also [F2 the returning officer at any election or] the counting officer at a referendum held by or under an Act of Parliament (and thereby has access to the full register without being supplied with a copy of it) this regulation also applies to–

(a) the registration officer acting in that other capacity,

(b) any person appointed to assist that officer or who in the course of his employment is assigned to assist that officer in his duties in respect of the election or referendum in question.

(3) No person to whom this regulation applies may–

(a) supply to any person a copy of the full register, or

(b) disclose information contained in the full register (and not contained in the edited register),

otherwise than in accordance with an enactment, including these Regulations.

(4) Nothing in paragraph (3) above applies to the supply or disclosure by a person to whom this regulation applies to another such person in connection with his registration duties or for the purposes of an election or referendum.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in reg. 94(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3)(c) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 53