{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-108",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-108.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/497",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/108",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "108",
  "heading": "Supply of full register etc to police forces and other agencies, and restrictions on use",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to–\n(a) a police force in Great Britain;\n(b) the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (Reserve);\n(c) the Serious Organised Crime Agency;\n(e) in relation to a register of local government electors, the Police Information Technology Organisation; ...\n(f) any body of constables established under an enactment.\n(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) For the purposes of regulation 101(1) above, the relevant part of the documents listed in that provision is the whole of them.\n(3) No person serving whether as a constable, officer or employee in any of the forces and organisations to which this regulation applies may–\n(a) supply a copy of the full register to any person,\n(b) disclose any information contained in it, or\n(c) make use of any such information,\nexcept for the purposes specified in paragraph (4).\n(4) The purposes referred to in paragraph (3) are–\n(a) ...\n(i) the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the criminal law (whether in Scotland or elsewhere);\n(ii) the vetting of a relevant person for the purpose of safeguarding national security; ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) In this Regulation “relevant person” means–\n(a) a constable or officer or prospective constable or officer of the force or organisation; or\n(b) an employee of, or applicant for employment by, the force or organisation.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 6 inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 2(3) of the amending S.I.) by Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1872), regs. 2(2), 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 108(1)(c) substituted for reg. 108(1)(c)(d) (1.4.2006) by The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Consequential and Supplementary Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/594), art. 1, Sch. para. 26"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 108(1)(e) inserted (16.1.2023) by The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1382), regs. 1(3), 39(10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 108(1)(e) omitted (23.3.2006) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/834), regs. 1(1), 18(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 108(1)(g)-(i) revoked (24.12.2008) by Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28), s. 100(5), Sch. 1 para. 3(5)(a), Sch. 9 Pt. 2 (with s. 101(5)); S.I. 2008/3296, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 108(3) substituted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/834), regs. 1(1), 18(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 108(4)(5) inserted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/834), regs. 1(1), 18(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 108(4)(a) revoked (24.12.2008) by Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28), s. 100(5), Sch. 1 para. 3(5)(b), Sch. 9 Pt. 2 (with s. 101(5)); S.I. 2008/3296, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Reg. 108(4)(b) and word revoked (24.12.2008) by Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28), s. 100(5), Sch. 1 para. 3(5)(c), Sch. 9 Pt. 2 (with s. 101(5)); S.I. 2008/3296, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in reg. 108 heading inserted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/834), regs. 1(1), 18(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/497/regulation/108",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:01:49.998694+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."
}