The Electoral Registration (Disclosure of Electoral Registers) Regulations 2013

UK Statutory Instrument 2013 No. 760 — creates 1 criminal offence.

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Made: 26 March 2013
In force from: Not determined
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Elections and representation of the people
Made under: Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, Representation of the People Act 1983, Schedule 2 to, the Representation of the People Act 1983

Explanatory note

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These Regulations require registration officers in Great Britain to disclose the electoral registers and any related information maintained by them and authorise the comparison of that information against data held by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in order to assist registration officers in Great Britain for the purposes set out in paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the Representation of the People Act 1983, as amended by the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013. Those purposes are— to verify information relating to a person who is registered in a register maintained by the officer, to ascertain the names and addresses of people who are not registered but who are entitled to be registered, or to identify those people who are registered but who are not entitled to be registered. Regulation 2 requires each registration officer in Great Britain to disclose to the Lord President a copy of the electoral registers maintained by that officer and any other related information on a date or dates to be notified to the registration officer by the Lord President in writing but which shall be, for England, by 17th February 2014 and, for Scotland and Wales, by 10th March 2014. Regulation 2(3) enables the Lord President to specify in writing to the registration officer the format and means by which the information must be disclosed. The Lord President may then disclose the information to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for comparison against the data it holds set out in regulation 2(5). The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions may disclose the results of the comparison to the Lord President, who may disclose them to the registration officer for the purposes set out above. Regulation 3 makes provision for the processing of the information disclosed under these Regulations. Regulation 3(1) provides that information may only be disclosed for one of the purposes set out above or for the purpose of any civil or criminal proceedings. Regulation 3(2) makes it an offence to disclose information in breach of regulation 3(1). Regulation 4 provides, in accordance with paragraph 1A(3)(d) of Schedule 2, that where the Lord President has imposed requirements on the processing of information disclosed under these regulations, that information must be processed in accordance with those requirements. If the Lord President imposes any such requirements in relation to information to be disclosed under these regulations, he must do so before the registration officer is required to disclose that information under regulation 2(1). A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

Offences created by this instrument

Processing of information disclosed regulation 3(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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Delegated Legislation Commons · Commons Chamber · 12 March 2013 · Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)
With the leave of the House, we shall take motions 14 to 17 together. Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), Contracting Out, Wales That the draft Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 6 February, be approved. Representation of the People That the draft Electoral Registration (Disclosure of Electoral Registers) Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 25 February, be approved. That the draft Electoral Registration (Postponement of…
Electoral Registration (Disclosure of Electoral Registers) Regulations 2013 Lords · Grand Committee · 19 March 2013 · Lord Wallace of Saltaire
My Lords, in moving the Electoral Registration (Disclosure of Electoral Registers) Regulations 2013, I wish to speak also to the Electoral Registration (Postponement of 2013 Annual Canvass) Order 2013. The Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 received Royal Assent on 31 January. It marks the first legislative step towards fulfilment of the coalition Government’s commitment to speed up the implementation of individual electoral registration (IER) so that it takes place in 2014-15, a commitment reaffirmed recently in the Government’s mid-term review. The principle of IER has won…
Electoral Registration (Disclosure of Electoral Registers) Regulations 2013 Lords · Grand Committee · 19 March 2013 · Lord Wallace of Saltaire
That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Electoral Registration (Disclosure of Electoral Registers) Regulations 2013. Relevant document: 21st Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Electoral Registration (Disclosure of Electoral Registers) Regulations 2013 Lords · Grand Committee · 19 March 2013
Official Statistics Order 2013 Lords · Lords Chamber · 25 March 2013
Electoral Registration (Disclosure of Electoral Registers) Regulations 2013

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