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The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

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92.—(1) In this Part “register” includes—

(a)any part of it; and

(b)except in regulation 93 and in the context of the supply by the registration officer of the register and notices, any notice altering the register which is published under section 13A(2) or 13BA(3),(6) or (9) of the 1983 Act(1).

(2) In this Part—

“enactment” has the same meaning as in section 17(2) of the 2000 Act; and

“processor” has the meaning set out in regulation 113(1).

(3) In this Part, any reference to an employee of a person who has access to a copy of the full register includes—

(a)any person working or providing services for the person who has such access; and

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

(4) Any restriction on the use of a copy of the full register or information contained in it which is imposed by any regulation in this Part shall apply to a person to whom a copy of the full register has been supplied or information contained in it has been disclosed under the equivalent regulation in the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001(2), as amended, or the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001(3), as amended.

(5) Subject to any direction of the Secretary of State under section 52(1) of the 1983 Act(4), any duty on the registration officer to supply data under this Part imposes only a duty to supply data in the form in which he holds it.

(6) The registration officer shall not supply data which includes information not included in the printed version of the full register otherwise than under a provision in an enactment.

(1)

1983 c.2; sections 13A and 13B were substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act and section 13BA was inserted by section 6 of the Miscellaneous Provisions Act (c.33).

(4)

The exercise of the powers in section 52(1) is made subject to section 8(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) and section 52(1A), as inserted by Schedule 21 to that Act, is relevant to those powers. Section 52 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act (c.50).

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