{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-35A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-35A.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/35A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "35A",
  "heading": "Disclosure of certain local authorities’ records",
  "text": "(1) The council by which a registration officer was appointed may disclose to that registration officer information contained in records held by that council, for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph 1A(1) of Schedule 2 to the 1983 Act except for the purpose of verifying information related to a person named in a relevant absent voting application.\n(2) A disclosure under paragraph (1) may be made only in accordance with a written agreement between the council and the registration officer regulating the processing of the information, including its transfer, storage, destruction and security.\n(3) Where a council refuses a request by a registration officer to disclose information under paragraph (1) it must give the registration officer written reasons for its refusal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 35A inserted (9.12.2014) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3124), regs. 1, 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 35A(1) inserted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 10(17)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2026/122",
      "affecting_title": "The Absent Voting (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/497/regulation/35A",
    "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."
}