[F1 SCHEDULE 6 E+WREGISTERING TO VOTE IN A BUSINESS REFERENDUM

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 6 inserted (6.4.2013) by The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/798), regs. 1, 7, Sch. 1

PART 8 E+WPublication and supply of register and lists

Supply of copy of business voting register to certain councils and restrictions on use E+W

36.— (1) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) apply to the council which appointed the registration officer acting as the business registration officer in respect of the business referendum.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), no councillor or employee of the council may—

(a) supply a copy of the business voting register to any person other than to another councillor of or employee of the same council;

(b) disclose any information contained in it;

(c) make use of any such information.

(3) A councillor or employee of the authority may supply a copy of the business voting register, or disclose or make use of information contained in it—

(a) where necessary for the discharge of a statutory function of the council or any other local authority relating to security, law enforcement and crime prevention, or

(b) for statistical purposes, in which case no information shall be disclosed which includes the name or address of any business vote holder.

(4) In this paragraph, “local authority” has the meaning given by section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972.

(5) The business registration officer shall supply, free of charge and on request, one electronic copy of the business voting register to any other local authority which falls partly or wholly within the referendum area where the referendum area comprises any part of the area of more than one relevant council.

(6) Subject to sub-paragraph (7), no councillor or employee of the council may—

(a) supply a copy of the business voting register to any person other than to another councillor of or employee of the same authority;

(b) disclose any information contained in it;

(c) make use of any such information.

(7) A councillor or employee of the authority may supply a copy of the business voting register, or disclose or make use of information contained in it—

(a) where necessary for the discharge of a statutory function of the council or any other local authority relating to security, law enforcement and crime prevention, or

(b) for statistical purposes, in which case no information shall be disclosed which includes the name and address of any business vote holder.]