Explanatory Notes

Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020

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15 January 2020

Introduction

Part 3.Elections

Electoral Registration

Section 25 - Exceptions from prohibitions on disclosure

69.Section 25 sets out the circumstances under which a young person’s information may be disclosed.

70.Section 25(10) also provides that a person to whom a young person’s information is disclosed under subsection (2) or (6) must not pass on that information to another person, unless the disclosure is for the purposes of those subsections.

71.Section 25(11) provides that a person to whom a young person’s information is disclosed under subsection (2) or (6) commits a summary offence if the person passes on that information in breach of subsection (10).