# Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001, Regulation 97: Supply of free copy of full register for electoral purposes and restrictions on use

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(1) Each registration officer shall supply, free of charge and on publication, one copy of–
(a) any revised version of the register published under section 13(1) or (3) of the 1983 Act, and
(b) any notice setting out an alteration to the register published under section 13A(2) 13AB(2), or 13B(3) , (3B) or (3D) of that Act,
to the returning officer for the council or, as the case may be, each council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 for his registration area.
(2) In paragraph (1) above the duty to supply one copy of the register is a duty to supply it in data form unless, prior to publication, the returning officer to whom it is to be supplied has requested in writing a printed copy instead.
(3) As soon as practicable after the relevant event, the registration officer shall supply free of charge to a returning officer for any constituency wholly or partly in his registration area as many printed copies of–
(a) the latest revised version of the register published under section 13(1) or (3) of the 1983 Act, as the case may be;
(b) any notice setting out an alteration to that version of the register published under section 13A(2) 13AB(2), or 13B(3) , (3B) or (3D) of that Act, and
(c) the most recent list of overseas electors,
as the returning officer may reasonably require for the purposes of a parliamentary election.
(4) In paragraph (3) above–
(a) “relevant event” means–
(i) the dissolution of Parliament ..., or
(ii) the occurrence of a vacancy in the relevant constituency; and
(b) the duty to supply as many printed copies of the register, notices and list of overseas electors as the returning officer may reasonably require includes a duty to supply one copy of each in data form.
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(7) No person to whom a copy of the register has been supplied under this regulation may–
(a) supply a copy of the full register;
(b) disclose any information contained in it (that is not contained in the edited register), or
(c) make use of any such information,
except for the purposes of an election.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/497/regulation/97 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-97
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