The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2003

Article 4(2)

SCHEDULE 1 Electors Lists and Registers: Miscellaneous and Related Provision

1. 1. Free copies of register etc.

2. 2. Sale of register.

3. 3. Supply of data.

4. 4. Interpretation.

Free copies of register etc

1.—(1) The registration officer shall, on request, supply free of charge to—

(a) the Assembly member for an Assembly constituency, or

(b) an Assembly member for an Assembly electoral region,

one copy of so much of the register as relates to that constituency or, as the case may be, electoral region.

(2) The registration officer shall—

(a) on request, and

(b) if he is not the returning officer for the Assembly constituency in respect of which the request is made, after consultation with that officer,

supply free of charge—

(i) one copy of so much of the register (which may be printed on one side only if supplied in printed form) as relates to the Assembly constituency to any person who satisfies the registration officer that he requires it for use in connection with his own or some other person’s prospective candidature at an election for that constituency (but not more than one person in respect of the same prospective candidature shall be so supplied), and

(ii) one copy of so much of the register as relates to the Assembly constituency to each candidate (or his election agent) at an election for that constituency.

(3) The registration officer shall—

(a) on request, and

(b) if he is not the returning officer for the Assembly electoral region in respect of which the request is made, after consultation with that officer,

supply free of charge copies of so much of the register as relates to that electoral region in accordance with sub-paragraphs (4) to (6).

(4) The registration officer shall supply—

(a) one such copy (which may be printed on one side only if supplied in printed form) to any person who satisfies the registration officer that he requires it for use in connection which his own or some other person’s prospective candidature—

(i) as an individual candidate at an election for that Assembly electoral region, or

(ii) as a party list candidate at an election for that Assembly electoral region, and

(b) one such copy to each—

(i) individual candidate (or his election agent), and

(ii) election agent for a group of party list candidates,

at an election for that Assembly electoral region.

(5) With reference to the right conferred on a person by sub-paragraph (4)(a)(i), not more than one person in respect of the same prospective candidature shall be so supplied.

(6) With reference to the right conferred on a person by sub-paragraph (4)(a)(ii), not more than one person in respect of the same prospective candidature shall be so supplied and, following such supply, the right may not be exercised again with respect to any other prospective candidate for that list.

(7) The registration officer who is not the returning officer for an Assembly constituency or electoral region shall supply free of charge to that officer as many copies of so much of the register as that officer needs for the purposes of an election for that Assembly constituency or, as the case may be, electoral region.

(8) In sub-paragraph (1), (2) and (4), the duty to supply one copy of the register means a duty to supply a copy in data form, unless, prior to publication, the recipient has requested in writing a copy in printed form.

(9) In sub-paragraph (7), the duty to supply as many printed copies of the register as the returning officer needs includes a duty to supply one copy in data form.

(10) For the purposes of this paragraph “register” includes any revised version of the register under section 13(1) and (3) of the 1983 Act and any notice under sections 13A(2) and 13B(3) of that Act.

Sale of register

2.  Regulation 48 of the 2001 Regulations (sale of register etc) shall apply to—

(a) the supply by the registration officer under this Schedule of copies of any part or parts of the register to any person, and

(b) the calculation of the payment of fees for such supply by any person (other than any person to whom the registration officer has a duty under this Schedule to supply copies free of charge),

as it applies to the supply of, and calculation of payment of fees for, a copy or copies of the register.

Supply of Data

3.—(1) The duty on the registration officer to supply data under paragraphs 1 and 2 imposes only a duty to supply such data recorded in the form in which he holds it.

(2) The registration officer shall not supply data which includes information not included in the printed version of the register otherwise than under paragraph 1(7).

Interpretation

4.  In this Schedule “data” means information which is recorded with the intention that it should be processed by means of equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose.