F1SCHEDULE 6REGISTERING TO VOTE IN A BUSINESS REFERENDUM

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PART 8Publication and supply of register and lists

Restriction on the use of the business voting register, or information contained in it, supplied in accordance with enactments or obtained otherwise32

1

This paragraph applies to—

a

any person to whom a copy of the business voting register has been supplied in pursuance of a relevant provision;

b

any person to whom information contained in the business voting register has been disclosed in pursuance of a relevant provision;

c

any person to whom a person referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above has supplied a copy of the business voting register or information contained in it for the purposes (express or implied) of a relevant provision; and

d

any person who has obtained access to a copy of the business voting register or information contained in it by any other means.

2

No person to whom this paragraph applies may—

a

supply a copy of the business voting register;

b

disclose any information contained in it, or

c

make use of any such information.

other than for a permitted purpose construed in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).

3

The “permitted purpose”—

a

where the copy was supplied or the information obtained in pursuance of a relevant provision, means the particular purpose for which the copy was supplied or the information disclosed to the person in question pursuant to the relevant provision;

b

where the copy was not supplied or the information was not disclosed in pursuance of a relevant provision—

i

in the case of a person to whom the copy of the business voting register was made available for inspection under supervision in accordance with paragraphs 33(2)(a) and (3), 34(3)(a), 39(5)(a) and (b) does not include direct marketing within the meaning of F2section 122(5) of the Data Protection Act 2018; and

ii

in any other case, means any purpose for which the person to whom this paragraph applies could have obtained a copy of the business voting register or the information contained in it pursuant to any enactment, including these Regulations.

4

In this paragraph “relevant provision” means any enactment (except these Regulations) under which a copy of the business voting register is to be supplied or information from that register disclosed for a particular purpose.