The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012

Restrictions on supply and disclosure of absent voter records or lists U.K.

23.—(1) This paragraph applies to—

(a) the registration officer,

(b) any deputy registration officer, and

(c) any person appointed to assist a registration officer or who in the course of that person's employment is assigned to assist any such officer in that officer's registration duties.

(2) Where the registration officer is also the local returning officer at a PCC election (and thereby has access to the information covered by paragraph 20(1) without being supplied with a copy of it), this paragraph also applies to—

(a) the registration officer acting in the capacity of local returning officer, and

(b) any person appointed to assist the local returning officer or who in the course of that person's employment is assigned to assist that officer in that officer's duties in respect of the PCC election.

(3) No person to whom this paragraph applies may—

(a) supply to any person a copy of the information covered by paragraph 20(1), or

(b) disclose any of that information,

otherwise than in accordance with an enactment, including this Order.

(4) Nothing in sub-paragraph (3) applies to the supply or disclosure by a person to whom this paragraph applies to another such person in connection with that other person's registration duties or for the purposes of an election or referendum.