Schedules
Schedule 2Power to make regulations about registration, absent voting and other matters
I1I29Amendments to the Representation of the People Act 1983
After paragraph 8B insert—
8BA
1
Provision requiring a registration officer in Great Britain to keep records of—
a
applications made to the officer under sections 13BD and 13BE;
b
documents issued by the officer under those sections.
2
Provision requiring the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland to keep records of—
a
applications made to the Chief Electoral Officer under section 13C;
b
electoral identity cards issued under that section.
3
Provision made under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) may include provision about information to be shown in a record.
4
Provision authorising or requiring a relevant registration officer—
a
to supply a copy of a record kept by the officer by virtue of provision made under sub-paragraph (1) or (2), or
b
to disclose information contained in such a record,
to such persons and for such purposes as may be prescribed.
5
In sub-paragraph (4), “relevant registration officer” means—
a
in relation to a record referred to in sub-paragraph (1), a registration officer in Great Britain;
b
in relation to a record referred to in sub-paragraph (2), the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.