Paragraph 19 Conditions on the use, supply and inspection of absent voter records or listsI1

England and Wales

(1)

The provisions of regulations 94 and 96 of the 2001 Regulations^f1 apply to information covered by paragraph 18(1) as they apply to restrictions on the supply, disclosure and use of the full register, except that permitted purposes for the purpose of paragraph 18(1) means either—

(a)

purposes mentioned in F1article 84A(1) of the UK GDPR^f2 (archiving in the public interest, scientific or historical research or statistics), or

(b)

electoral purposes.

(2)

In this paragraph, “the UK GDPR” has the meaning given in section 3(10) of the Data Protection Act 2018^f3.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 1 para. 19(1)(a) 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), 18(a); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(n)

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 19 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: Regulations 94 and 96 were added by S.I. 2002/1871. Regulation 94 was subsequently amended by S.I. 2022/1382 and regulation 96 was subsequently amended by paragraph 259 of Schedule 19 to the Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12) and S.I. 2006/752.
f2: E.U. 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation), as it forms part of the law of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16).
f3: 2018 c. 12. Section 3(1) was amended by S.I. 2019/419.