The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Addition to provisions about supply of free copy of full register for electoral purposes and restrictions on use

15.  After regulation 97 of the 2001 Regulations, insert–

“Supply of free copy of full register for elections of members of National Park authorities and restrictions on use

97A.— (1) A registration officer shall supply, free of charge and as soon as reasonably practicable in response to a written request, as many printed copies of–

(a) the latest revised version of the register published under section 13(1) or (3) of the 1983 Act, as the case may be;

(b) any notice setting out an alteration to the version of the register published under section 13A(2) or 13B(2) of that Act,

as a returning officer for the council or, as the case may be, each council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(1) may require for the purposes of any election of members of a National Park authority designated by an Order under the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000(2) for his registration area.

(2) The duty to supply as many printed copies of the register and notices as the returning officer may reasonably require includes a duty to supply one copy of each in data form.

(3) No person to whom a copy of the register has been supplied under this paragraph may–

(a) supply a copy of the full register;

(b) disclose any information contained in it (that is not contained in the edited register); or

(c) make use of any such information,

except for the purposes of an election.”.

(1)

1994 c. 39.

(2)

2000 asp 10.