The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

Sale of full register etc: general provisions N.I.

110.—(1) This regulation applies in respect of the supply on payment of a fee of copies of relevant documents in accordance with regulation 111 or 112.

(2) The registration officer shall not supply a printed copy of the full register under those regulations if to do so would result in his having insufficient copies of it for the purposes of any requirement made by or under any enactment.

(3) In those regulations “the relevant restrictions” means the restrictions set out in paragraphs (4) and (5).

(4) No person in a body to which a copy of the register has been supplied under regulations 111 or 112 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,

other than for the purpose set out in the regulation by virtue of which the full register has been supplied.

(5) The restrictions in paragraph (4) apply to a person to whom a copy of the full register has been supplied in accordance with regulation 111 or 112 or to whom such information has been so disclosed as it applies to a person in the body to which the copy of the full register was supplied under the regulation in question.

(6) In this regulation and regulations 111 and 112, “a relevant document” means—

(a) the full register published under section 13(1) or (3) of the 1983 Act;

(b) any notice published under section 13A(2), 13BA(3),(6) or (9) of that Act amending it; and

(c) the list of overseas electors.

(7) A request to purchase a relevant document must be made in writing and must—

(a) specify the documents requested;

(b) state whether the request is made only in respect of the current documents or whether it includes a request for the supply of any subsequent documents on publication for as long as the person making the request pays for them; and

(c) state whether a printed copy of any document is required instead of the version in data form.