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[F1SCHEDULE 6E+WREGISTERING TO VOTE IN A BUSINESS REFERENDUM

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PART 8E+WPublication and supply of register and lists

Supply of copy of business voting register to the Office for National Statistics and restrictions on useE+W

34.—(1) The business registration officer shall supply, free of charge and on publication, one electronic copy of the business voting register to the Office for National Statistics (“the ONS”).

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (6), no person employed by the ONS may—

(a)supply a copy of the business voting register other than to another such person;

(b)disclose any information contained in it other than in accordance with sub-paragraph (3); or

(c)make use of any such information other than for statistical purposes.

(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (6), no information which is contained in the business voting register may be disclosed otherwise than—

(a)by allowing a person using the premises of the ONS to inspect it under supervision; and

(b)by publishing information about voters which does not include the name or address of any business vote holder.

(4) Where a copy of the business voting register is made available by providing the register on a computer screen or otherwise in data form, the ONS shall ensure that the manner in, and equipment on, which that copy is provided do not permit any person consulting that copy to—

(a)search it by electronic means by reference to the name of any person; or

(b)copy or transmit any part of that copy by electronic means.

(5) A person who inspects the business voting register, whether a printed copy or in data form, may not—

(a)make copies of any part of it, or

(b)record any particulars included in it,

otherwise than by means of hand-written notes.

(6) A person employed by the ONS is not prohibited from supplying a copy of, or disclosing information contained in, the business voting register where—

(a)more than ten years have expired since that version of the business voting register was first published;

(b)the supply or disclosure is for [F2Article 89 GDPR purposes in accordance with the relevant requirement].

(7) No person who obtains a copy of the business voting register or to whom information contained in it is disclosed under the circumstance described in sub-paragraph (6) may—

(a)supply a copy of it,

(b)disclose any such information, or

(c)make use of any such information,

otherwise than for [F2Article 89 GDPR purposes in accordance with the relevant requirement].]

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