Paragraph 5 Other restrictions on use of documents or information contained in them
This paragraph applies to any person who has obtained access to a copy of the documents open to public inspection or information contained in them by any means.
No person to whom this paragraph applies may—
supply a copy of the documents open to public inspection or any part of those documents,
disclose any information contained in those documents (that is not contained in the edited register), or
make use of any such information,
other than for a permitted purpose specified in subparagraph (3).
The permitted purposes are—
where a copy of any information was supplied to a person or body referred to in the circumstances to which paragraph 3(8) applies—
the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the criminal law (whether in England and Wales or elsewhere), or
the vetting of a relevant person (within the meaning of regulation 109(5) of the 2001 Regulations and regulation 108(5) of the 2001 (Scotland) Regulations for the purpose of safeguarding national security;
where a copy of any information was supplied to the Electoral Commission, the purposes in connection with their functions under, or by virtue of, PPERA 2000;
in any other case, the purposes of a petition.