SCHEDULE 2Further provision about voting in the referendum
PART 4Supply of Polling List etc.
Supply of free copy of edited Polling List etc. to designated organisations
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1
If a designated organisation so requests, the registration officer must supply free of charge to the organisation one copy of an edited version of—
a
the Polling List,
b
any notice setting out an alteration of the register of electors issued under—
i
section 13A(2) of the 1983 Act,
ii
section 13B(3), (3B) or (3D) of that Act, or
iii
section 13BB(4) or (5) of that Act,
c
the postal voters list,
d
the list of proxies, and
e
the proxy postal voters list.
2
For the purposes of this paragraph, an “edited version” of a document is a version of the document with—
a
all voter numbers removed, and
b
all anonymous entries removed.
3
A request under sub-paragraph (1) must—
a
be made in writing,
b
specify the documents requested,
c
state whether the request is made only in respect of the current documents or whether it includes a request for the supply of any further documents issued, and
d
state whether a printed copy of any of the documents is requested instead of a version in data form.
4
Unless a request has been made in advance of supply under sub-paragraph (3)(d), the copy of a document supplied under sub-paragraph (1) is to be in data form.
5
No person employed by, or assisting (whether or not for reward) a designated organisation to which a document has been supplied under this paragraph may, except for a purpose set out in sub-paragraph (6)—
a
supply a copy of the document to any person,
b
disclose any information contained in it (that is not also contained in the edited version of the register of local government electors), or
c
make use of any such information.
6
The purposes are—
a
purposes in connection with the campaign in respect of the referendum identified in the declaration made by the organisation under paragraph 2 of schedule 4, and
b
the purposes of complying with the controls on donations and regulated transactions in that schedule.