The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

[F1 Supply of date of birth lists to police forces and restrictions on use N.I.

114B.— (1) The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland must, on receipt of a written request from a police force for a date of birth list—

(a) if the request was for a copy of a date of birth list in printed form, provide the police force with a printed copy of the list specified in the request;

(b) if the request was for a date of birth list in data form, provide the police force with the data form of the list specified in the request.

(2) No person serving whether as a constable, officer or employee in a police force may—

(a) supply a date of birth list, or a copy of such a list, to any person,

(b) disclose any information contained in a date of birth list, or

(c) make use of any such information,

otherwise than for the purpose of the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the criminal law (whether in Northern Ireland or elsewhere).

(3) The restrictions in paragraph (2) apply to a person—

(a) to whom a date of birth list (or copy) has been supplied under that paragraph, or

(b) to whom information in such a list has been disclosed under that paragraph,

as they apply to the persons referred to in that paragraph.

(4) In this regulation—

(a) “police force” means—

(i) the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve,

(ii) a police force in Great Britain,

(iii) the National Crime Agency, or

(iv) any body of constables established under an Act of Parliament;

(b) the reference to an employee in a police force includes—

(i) any person working or providing services for the police force, and

(ii) any person employed by or on behalf of, or working for, a person referred to in sub-paragraph (i).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 6A inserted (31.10.2023) by The Representation of the People and Recall Petition (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1116), regs. 1(2), 9