The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

Sale of full register etc: restrictions on supply, charges, etc

109.—(1) The registration officer may not sell a copy of—

(a) the full register,

(b) any notice under section 13A(2) or 13BA(3),(6) or (9) of the 1983 Act altering the register (“a relevant notice”), or

(c) the list of overseas electors,

except to a person who is entitled under regulation 111 or 112 to purchase them.

(2) The fee for such sale is to be calculated in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (6).

(3) Where a person purchases the full register together with any relevant notices which are published at that time altering the register, the register and the notices shall be treated as the same document for the purposes of the calculations set out in paragraph (5); and any entry in the register which is deleted by a notice shall accordingly be ignored for the purposes of the calculation.

(4) Where a person purchases a relevant notice separately from the full register, the calculations set out in paragraph (5) shall be applied to that notice.

(5) Subject to paragraph (3), in the case of the register or a relevant notice—

(a) in data form, the fee shall be at the rate of £20 plus £1.50 for each 1,000 entries (or remaining part of 1,000 entries) in it; and

(b) in printed form, the fee shall be at the rate of £10 plus £5 for each 1,000 entries (or remaining part of 1,000 entries) in it.

(6) In the case of the list of overseas electors—

(a) in data form, the fee shall be at the rate of £20 plus £1.50 for each 100 entries (or remaining part of 100 entries) in it; and

(b) in printed form, the fee shall be at the rate of £10 plus £5 for each 100 entries (or remaining part of 100 entries) in it.

(7) In any copy of the full register which is sold in accordance with regulation 111 or 112, the letter “Z” shall be placed against the name of any person whose name is not included in the edited version of the register.