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.