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Political Parties and Elections Act 2009

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29Use of CORE information

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(1)Section 2 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) (co-ordinated on-line record of electors: use of information) is amended as follows.

(2)At the end of subsection (3) there is inserted—

“Modifications under this subsection may, in particular, provide for the supply of material by a CORE keeper to be subject to conditions or restrictions which do not apply in the case of an ERO (or which differ from those that apply in the case of an ERO).”

(3)After subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(4A)A CORE scheme may amend section 3 of the Juries Act 1974 (electoral register as basis of jury selection)—

(a)so as to require a CORE keeper to supply a designated officer with any documents or information referred to in that section (as it had effect immediately before the establishment of the scheme), and to make provision as to when the CORE keeper is to do so;

(b)so as to require an ERO to supply a designated officer with any such documents or information, but only when requested to do so by the officer.

In this subsection “designated officer” means an officer designated by the Lord Chancellor.”

(4)In subsection (6)—

(a)in paragraph (b), after “is requested” there is inserted “in respect of the same address or”;

(b)in paragraph (c), for “acts as” there is substituted “is appointed as, or votes as,”.

(5)After subsection (6) there is inserted—

“(6A)A CORE scheme may require that where a CORE keeper informs an ERO as mentioned in subsection (5), or informs an ERO of any suspicions that the CORE keeper has concerning the commission of an offence under the 1983 Act or other impropriety—

(a)the ERO must take such steps (if any) as appear to the ERO to be appropriate in response to being so informed;

(b)the ERO must notify the CORE keeper of the steps taken (or of the reasons for not taking any), within such period and in such form and manner as is specified—

(i)in the scheme, or

(ii)by the CORE keeper in accordance with the scheme.”

(6)In subsection (7)(b), after “relating to the person” there is inserted “, or to any such suspicions as are mentioned in subsection (6A),”.

(7)In subsection (11)—

(a)for “must not authorise” there is substituted “must not—

(a)authorise”;

(b)at the end there is inserted—

“(b)authorise one ERO to supply information to another.”

(8)After that subsection there is inserted—

“(11A)A CORE scheme may authorise the CORE keeper to supply information to the Electoral Commission.”

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