Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020

24 Protection of information about persons aged under 16 E+W

(1) A registration officer must not publish, supply or otherwise disclose a young person's information, except in accordance with—

(a) section 25, or

(b) regulations under section 26.

(2) In this section and sections 25 and 26—

• “a young person's information” (“gwybodaeth person ifanc”) means any entry in—

  (a)

  the register of local government electors, or

  (b)

  an absent voters record or list,

  relating to a person who, at the time of the publication, supply or other disclosure, is under the age of 16, and “young person” is to be interpreted accordingly;

• “absent voters record or list” (“cofnod neu restr o bleidleiswyr absennol”) means any of the following—

  (a)

  a record kept under article 8(3), 9(6) or 12(6) of the 2007 Order;

  (b)

  a list kept under article 10 or 12(8) of the 2007 Order;

  (c)

  [F1 so far as relating to local government elections, a record kept under paragraph 3(4) or 7(6) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) (absent voting);

  (d)

  so far as relating to local government elections, a list kept under paragraph 5 or 7(8) of that Schedule;]

• “register of local government electors” (“cofrestr o etholwyr llywodraeth leol”) includes any notice of an alteration in the register under section 13A(2), 13AB(2) or 13B(3), (3B) or (3D) of the 1983 Act;

• “registration officer” (“swyddog cofrestru”) includes—

  (a)

  a deputy of a registration officer;

  (b)

  a person appointed to assist a registration officer in the carrying out of the registration officer's functions;

  (c)

  a person, in the course of the person's employment, assisting a registration officer in the carrying out of those functions.

[F2 (3) In sections 25 and 26, “local government election” means—

(a) an election of councillors for any electoral ward or community ward in Wales or, in the case of a community in Wales in which there are no wards, the community, for which the election of councillors is held under the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), or

(b) an election for the return of an elected mayor (within the meaning of section 39(1) of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)) of a local authority in Wales.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 24(2) inserted (20.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(3)(f), Sch. 2 para. 15(2)(a) (with s. 3)

F2 S. 24(3) inserted (20.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(3)(f), Sch. 2 para. 15(2)(b) (with s. 3)