Duties of registration officer and staff in relation to the recordE+W+S
21.—(1) This regulation applies to—
(a)a registration officer,
(b)a deputy registration officer, and
(c)any person appointed to assist any such officer or who in the course of the person’s employment is assigned to assist such officer in that officer’s functions under section 13BD or 13BE of the 1983 Act.
(2) Where a registration officer is also the relevant officer at any relevant election, petition or referendum, this regulation applies to—
(a)the registration officer acting in that capacity,
(b)any person appointed as a deputy to the registration officer acting in that capacity, and
(c)any person appointed to assist a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) or who in the course of the person’s employment is assigned to assist a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) in respect of the relevant election, petition or referendum in question.
(3) This regulation also applies to a person—
(a)to whom a copy of the record is supplied or information from the record is disclosed in accordance with paragraph (4), and
(b)who is not a person to whom this regulation applies by virtue of paragraph (1) or (2).
(4) A person to whom this regulation applies must not—
(a)supply to any person a copy of the record,
(b)disclose information contained in it, or
(c)make use of such information,
otherwise than in accordance with an enactment (including these Regulations) or the order of any court or tribunal made at any hearing or during the course of any proceedings.
(5) Nothing in paragraph (4) applies to the supply or disclosure by a person to whom this regulation applies to another such person in connection with either person’s functions under section 13BD or 13BE of the 1983 Act or for the purposes of a relevant election, petition or referendum.
(6) A person to whom this regulation applies must take proper precautions for the safe custody of the record.
(7) In paragraph (4), “enactment” has the same meaning as in section 17(2) of the Representation of the People Act 2000(1).
(8) In this regulation and in regulations 22 and 23, “record” includes a part of the record.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 21 in force at 16.1.2023, see reg. 1(3)