PART 6SUPPLY OF REGISTERS ETC.
Supply on request and specific restrictions
Supply of full register etc to registered political parties etc and restrictions on use105
1
This regulation applies to—
a
a registered political party other than a minor party, within the meaning of section 160(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000;
b
a recognised third party within the meaning of section 85(5) of that Act, other than a registered political party; and
c
a permitted participant within the meaning of section 105(1) of that Act, other than a registered political party.
2
In the case of the parties and participants to whom this regulation applies, the relevant part of the documents listed in regulation 101(1) is the whole of them.
3
No person employed by, or assisting (whether or not for reward) a party or participant to which this regulation applies and to which a copy of the register has been supplied may—
a
supply a copy of the full register to any person;
b
disclose any information contained in it (and not contained in the edited register); or
c
make use of any such information,
otherwise than for the purposes set out in paragraph (4).
4
Those purposes are—
a
in the case of a party falling within paragraph (1)(a) or (b)—
i
electoral purposes; and
ii
the purpose of complying with the controls on donations under Part 4 of or, as the case may be, Schedule 11 to, the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; and
iii
the purpose of complying with the controls on loans and regulated transactions under Part 4A of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; and
b
in the case of a permitted participant within the meaning of section 105(1) of that Act—
i
purposes in connection with the campaign in respect of the referendum identified in the declaration made by the participant under section 106 of that Act; and
ii
the purposes of complying with the controls on donations in Schedule 15 to that Act.
5
The restrictions in paragraph (3) apply to a person to whom any of the full register has been supplied or information disclosed under that paragraph as they apply to persons referred to in that paragraph.