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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electoral-registration-data-schemes-order-2012/article-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111524077",
  "legislation_title": "The Electoral Registration Data Schemes Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electoral-registration-data-schemes-order-2012",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Authorisation of data schemes",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may provide information to a registration officer under article 3 only if—\n(a) the information is provided before 1st April 2013;\n(b) the information is provided for the purpose mentioned in section 35(2) of the Act; and\n(c) the Secretary of State and the registration officer have agreed in writing, in relation to the scheme, requirements as to the processing of information, including requirements as to the transfer, storage, destruction and security of information.\n(2) An agreement under paragraph (1)(c) must make provision for the consequences of a failure to comply with such requirements, and those consequences may include the suspension or termination of the provision of information by the Secretary of State.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:51:56.471821+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}