Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001

[F1 Supply of free copy of full register to the National Library of Scotland and the British Library and restrictions on use S

96.— (1) Each registration officer shall supply, free of charge and on publication, one printed copy of–

(a) any revised version of the register published under section 13(1) or (3) of the 1983 Act(1), and

(b) any list of overseas electors,

to the National Library of Scotland and the British Library.

(2) No person employed by the National Library of Scotland or the British Library may–

(a) supply a copy of the full register other than to another such person or to a person using the Library to inspect it under supervision;

(b) disclose any information contained in it (that is not contained in the edited register) otherwise than in accordance with paragraph (3) below, or

(c) make use of any such information.

(3) No information which is contained in the full register (that is not contained in the edited register) may be disclosed otherwise than by allowing a person using the National Library of Scotland or the British Library to inspect it under supervision.

(4) A person who inspects the copy of the full register held by the National Library of Scotland or the British Library may not–

(a) make copies of any part of it, or

(b) record any particulars included in it,

except by means of hand-written notes.]

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

(1)

Sections 7 and 7A were substituted and inserted by sections 4 and 5 of the 2000 Act.