PART 6SUPPLY OF REGISTERS ETC.

Supply on request and specific restrictions

Supply of full register etc to registered political parties etc and restrictions on use105

1

This regulation applies to—

a

a registered political party other than a minor party, within the meaning of section 160(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000;

b

a recognised third party within the meaning of section 85(5) of that Act, other than a registered political party; and

c

a permitted participant within the meaning of section 105(1) of that Act, other than a registered political party.

2

In the case of the parties and participants to whom this regulation applies, the relevant part of the documents listed in regulation 101(1) is the whole of them.

3

No person employed by, or assisting (whether or not for reward) a party or participant to which this regulation applies and to which a copy of the register has been supplied may—

a

supply a copy of the full register to any person;

b

disclose any information contained in it (and not contained in the edited register); or

c

make use of any such information,

otherwise than for the purposes set out in paragraph (4).

4

Those purposes are—

a

in the case of a party falling within paragraph (1)(a) or (b)—

i

electoral purposes; and

ii

the purpose of complying with the controls on donations under Part 4 of or, as the case may be, Schedule 11 to, the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; and

iii

the purpose of complying with the controls on loans and regulated transactions under Part 4A of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; and

b

in the case of a permitted participant within the meaning of section 105(1) of that Act—

i

purposes in connection with the campaign in respect of the referendum identified in the declaration made by the participant under section 106 of that Act; and

ii

the purposes of complying with the controls on donations in Schedule 15 to that Act.

5

The restrictions in paragraph (3) apply to a person to whom any of the full register has been supplied or information disclosed under that paragraph as they apply to persons referred to in that paragraph.