Paragraph 4 Restrictions on use, supply and disclosure of documents by the registration officer, Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland and staff

(1)

This paragraph applies to—

(a)

the registration officer;

(b)

any deputy registration officer; and

(c)

any person appointed to assist the registration officer or who in the course of that person’s employment is assigned to assist the registration officer.

(2)

A person to whom this paragraph applies must not—

(a)

supply to any person a copy of the documents open to public inspection,

(b)

disclose information contained in those documents (and not contained in the edited register), or

(c)

make use of any such information,

otherwise than in accordance with an enactment, including these Regulations.

(3)

Nothing in subparagraph (2) applies to the supply or disclosure by a person (“P”) to whom this paragraph applies to another such person in connection with P’s registration duties or for the purposes of a petition.