SCHEDULE 10Access to marked registers and other documents open to public inspection after an election
Other restrictions on use of documents or information contained in them
5.
(1)
This paragraph applies to any person who has obtained access to a copy of the documents open to public inspection or information contained in them by any means.
(2)
No person to whom this paragraph applies may—
(a)
supply a copy of the documents open to public inspection or any part of those documents,
(b)
disclose any information contained in those documents (that is not contained in the edited register), or
(c)
make use of any such information,
other than for a permitted purpose specified sub-paragraph (3) or (4).
(3)
Where a person obtains copies of the information in the marked register or lists in accordance with paragraph 2(1) or inspects information in accordance with paragraph 3(1), the permitted purposes are—
F1(a)
purposes mentioned in Article 89(1) of the F2UK GDPR (archiving in the public interest, scientific or historical research and statistics), or
(b)
electoral purposes.
(4)
Where a copy of any information was supplied in the circumstances to which paragraph 3(9) applies, the permitted purposes are—
(a)
the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the criminal law (whether in England and Wales or elsewhere), or
(b)
the vetting of a relevant person (within the meaning of regulation 109(5) of the 2001 Regulations) for the purpose of safeguarding national security.
F3(5)
In this paragraph, “the UK GDPR” has the meaning given in section 3(10) of the Data Protection Act 2018.