F1PART 6SUPPLY OF REGISTER ETC
Supply on publication and specific restrictions
Supply of free copy of full register for electoral purposes and restrictions on useC197
1
Each registration officer shall supply, free of charge and on publication, one copy of–
a
any revised version of the register published under section 13(1) or (3) of the 1983 Act, and
b
to the returning officer for the council or, as the case may be, each council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 199423 for his registration area.
2
In paragraph (1) above the duty to supply one copy of the register is a duty to supply it in data form unless, prior to publication, the returning officer to whom it is to be supplied has requested in writing a printed copy instead.
3
As soon as 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 published under section 13(1) or (3) of the 1983 Act, as the case may be;
b
c
the most recent list of overseas electors,
as the returning officer may reasonably require for the purposes of a parliamentary election.
4
In paragraph (3) above–
a
“relevant event” means–
ii
the occurrence of a vacancy in the relevant constituency; and
b
the duty to supply as many printed copies of the register, notices and list of overseas electors as the returning officer may reasonably require includes a duty to supply one copy of each in data form.
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No person to whom a copy of the register has been supplied under this regulation may–
a
supply a copy of the full register;
b
disclose any information contained in it (that is not contained in the edited register), or
c
make use of any such information,
except for the purposes of an election.
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