Regulation 98 Supply of free copy of full register etc to Statistics Board and restrictions on useF1F22
Scotland
Each registration officer shall supply, free of charge and on publication, one copy of–
any revised version of the register published under section 13(1) or (3) of the 1983 Act;
any list of overseas electors,
to the F4Statistics Board (in this regulation referred to as “the Board”) F5and the General Register Office for Scotland (in this regulation referred to as “GROS”) respectively.
F8Subject to paragraph (6) no person employed by F9the Board F10or GROS may–
supply a copy of the full register other than to another such person;
disclose any information contained in it (that is not contained in the edited register) otherwise than in accordance with paragraph (4) below, or
make use of any such information other than for statistical purposes.
F11Subject to paragraph (6) no information which is contained in the full register (that is not contained in the edited register) may be disclosed otherwise than–
by publishing information about electors which does not include the name or address of any elector.
Where a copy of the full register is made available by providing the register on a computer screen or otherwise in data form, F15the Board and GROS shall ensure that the manner in, and equipment on, which that copy is provided do not permit any person consulting that copy to–
search it by electronic means by reference to the name of any person; or
copy or transmit any part of that copy by electronic, or any other, means.
A person who inspects the full register F16, whether a printed copy or in data form, may not–
make copies of any part of it, or
record any particulars included in it,
except by means of hand-written notes.
A person employed by F18the Board or GROS is not prohibited from supplying a copy of, or disclosing information contained in, a version of the full register where–
more than ten years have expired since that version of the register was first published in accordance with regulation 43; and
No person who obtains a copy of the full register or to whom information contained in it that is not contained in the edited register is disclosed under the circumstances described in paragraph (6) may–
supply a copy of it,
disclose any such information, or
make use of any such information,
otherwise than for F21Article 84A GDPR purposes in accordance with the relevant requirement.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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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
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Word in reg. 98(1)(b) inserted (6.4.2014) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Description of Electoral Registers and Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3206), regs. 1(4), 44
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Words in reg. 98(1)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 27
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Words in reg. 98(1) substituted (17.3.2009) by The Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/725), regs. 1(1), 15(2)(a)
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Words in reg. 98(1) inserted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/834), regs. 1(1), 16(2)
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Words in reg. 98(2) substituted (17.3.2009) by The Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/725), regs. 1(1), 15(2)(b)
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Words in reg. 98(2) inserted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/834), regs. 1(1), 16(3)
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Words in reg. 98(3) inserted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/834), regs. 1(1), 16(4)(a)
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Words in reg. 98(3) substituted (17.3.2009) by The Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/725), regs. 1(1), 15(2)(b)
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Words in reg. 98(3) inserted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/834), regs. 1(1), 16(4)(b)
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Words in reg. 98(4) inserted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/834), regs. 1(1), 16(5)(a)
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Words in reg. 98(4)(a) substituted (17.3.2009) by The Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/725), regs. 1(1), 15(2)(b)
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Words in reg. 98(4)(a) inserted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/834), regs. 1(1), 16(5)(b)
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Reg. 98(4A) inserted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/834), regs. 1(1), 16(6)
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Words in reg. 98(4A) substituted (17.3.2009) by The Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/725), regs. 1(1), 15(2)(b)
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Words in reg. 98(5) inserted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/834), regs. 1(1), 16(7)
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Reg. 98(6)(7) inserted (23.3.2006) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/834), regs. 1(1), 16(8)
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Words in reg. 98(6) substituted (17.3.2009) by The Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/725), regs. 1(1), 15(2)(b)
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Words in reg. 98(6)(7) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 275 (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
- F20
Words in reg. 98(6)(b) substituted (5.2.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1331), regs. 2(3), 6(7); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(n)
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Words in reg. 98(7) substituted (5.2.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1331), regs. 2(3), 6(7); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(n)
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Words in reg. 98 heading substituted (17.3.2009) by The Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/725), regs. 1(1), 15(1)