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Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Act 2013

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9Register of young voters not to be published

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(1)A registration officer must not publish, or otherwise disclose to any person, the register of young voters or any entry in the register, except as provided by—

(a)this section, or

(b)an applied enactment.

(2)The register, or an entry in it, may be disclosed to a person so far as necessary for the purpose of the carrying out by that person of any function in connection with registration in the register.

(3)The register, or an entry in it, may be disclosed to a person for the purposes of an independence referendum, but only in accordance with provision made by or under the Act of the Scottish Parliament by virtue of which the referendum is to be held.

(4)The register, or an entry in it, may be disclosed to a person so far as necessary for the purposes of a criminal investigation or criminal proceedings relating to an offence (or alleged or suspected offence) under—

(a)an applied enactment, or

(b)the Act of the Scottish Parliament by virtue of which an independence referendum is held.

(5)An entry in the register may be disclosed to the person to whom the entry relates.

(6)In subsection (1), “registration officer” includes—

(a)any deputy of a registration officer,

(b)any person appointed to assist a registration officer in the carrying out of the registration officer’s functions, and

(c)any person, in the course of the person’s employment, assisting a registration officer in the carrying out of those functions.

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