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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-regulations-2008/regulation-43",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110814674",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/43",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Disclosure of information",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if he discloses information obtained under these Regulations to a third party except—\n(a) for the purpose mentioned in paragraph 1(4B) of Schedule 2 to the 1983 Act; or\n(b) for the purposes of any criminal or civil proceedings.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(3) In this regulation “third party” means a person other than a person to whom the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland may delegate his functions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110814674/regulation/43",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:16:26.596223+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."
}