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  "legislation_title": "The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012",
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  "heading": "Restrictions on supply of business voting register and disclosure of information from it by the business registration officer or that officer’s staff",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies to—\n(a) the business registration officer;\n(b) any deputy business registration officer;\n(c) any person appointed to assist any such officer or who in the course of their employment are assigned to assist any such officer in that officer’s registration duties.\n(2) Where the business registration officer is also the counting officer at the business referendum, this paragraph also applies to—\n(a) the business registration officer acting in that other capacity;\n(b) any deputy business registration officer or deputy counting officer, and\n(c) any person appointed to assist any person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) or who in the course of their employment is assigned to assist any such officer in their duties in respect of the business referendum.\n(3) No person to whom this paragraph applies may—\n(a) supply to any person a copy of the business voting register,\n(b) disclose information contained in it, or\n(c) make use of any such information,\notherwise than in accordance with an enactment (including these Regulations).\n(4) Nothing in sub-paragraph (3) above applies to the supply or disclosure by a person to whom this paragraph applies to another such person in connection with that person’s registration duties or for the purposes of the business referendum.",
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      "text": "Sch. 6 inserted (6.4.2013) by The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/798), regs. 1, 7, Sch. 1"
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