PART 3ELECTIONS

Electoral registration

24Protection of information about persons aged under 16

(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;

“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.