SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Disclosure and the intelligence services: consequential amendments

Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/341)

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1

The Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 45E (supply of record of anonymous entries to the security services), omit paragraphs (3) and (4).

3

In regulation 102(6) (supply of full register: general restrictions on use), for “regulations 103 to 109” substitute “ regulations 103 to 108 or 109 ”.

4

After regulation 108 insert—

Supply of full register etc to the security services108A

1

This regulation applies to—

a

the Security Service;

b

the Government Communications Headquarters;

c

the Secret Intelligence Service.

2

For the purposes of regulation 102(1) above the relevant part of the documents listed in that provision is the whole of them.

5

In regulation 109 (supply of full register etc to police force and other agencies and restrictions on use), omit—

a

paragraph (1)(g) to (i);

b

in paragraph (4)(a), the words preceding paragraph (i);

c

paragraph (4)(b) and the word “and” immediately preceding it.

6

In regulation 113 (sale of full register to government departments and other bodies)—

a

in the closing words of paragraph (1), after “other than” insert “ a department to which regulation 108A applies or ”;

b

in paragraph (3) for “regulation 109(1)(g) to (i),” substitute “ regulation 108A ”.

7

In regulation 115(2) (offences) omit “45E(3),”.

8

For regulation 118(8) (provision of copies of documents open to public inspection) substitute insert—

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The relevant registration officer shall, on request, supply free of charge copies of any documents open to public inspection—

a

to each of the departments mentioned in regulation 108A;

b

to a person who has inspected those documents and who is entitled to be supplied with a copy of the marked register or lists by virtue of being a person to whom regulation 109 applies.

9

In regulation 119(3) for “regulation 118(8)” substitute “ regulation 118(8)(b) ”.