The Electoral Registration Data Schemes Order 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes schemes for the provision of data to specified electoral registration officers, in order to assist them in meeting the registration objectives set out at section 31(8) of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009, those being—

(a) that persons who are entitled to be registered in an electoral register are registered in it;

(b) that persons who are not entitled to be registered in an electoral register are not registered in it; and

(c) that none of the information relating to a registered person that appears in a register or other record kept by a registration officer is false.

Article 3 provides that the authorities may provide data to the registration officers under the schemes at any time before 1st December 2011. The table in the Schedule lists the area for which each scheme has effect, and for each scheme the authorities which may provide data and the data which may be provided

Article 4 provides that data may only be provided under each scheme if the authority and the registration officer have agreed in writing requirements for the processing of data under the schemes. The agreement must include the consequences of failing to comply with the requirements agreed.

Article 5 provides that the date by which the Electoral Commission must produce a report on the operation of each scheme under section 36(3) of the 2009 Act is 1st March 2012.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. However a privacy impact assessment is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.