The Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme Order 2014

UK Statutory Instrument 2014 No. 3178 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created

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Made: 25 November 2014
In force from: Not determined
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Elections and representation of the people
Made under: Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

As part of the introduction of individual electoral registration, under changes made by the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c.6), this Order establishes a pilot scheme enabling information about entries in electoral registers in specified areas of Great Britain to be compared with information held by the Secretary of State for Transport about individuals’ driving records and vehicle registration documents (article 4). Information held by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions may also be used in the exercise. Article 5 provides that the comparison must be made for the purposes of verifying existing entries in the electoral register and finding the details of people who are not registered but are entitled to be registered. The Lord President is to inform the ministers and the registration officers involved in the pilot about the results of the comparison and the usefulness of the information in fulfilling those purposes. Under article 7 it is an offence to disclose the information for any other purpose, unless it is required for criminal or civil proceedings. Article 8 requires there to be an agreement between the three ministers and registration officers as to the processing of the information. The Order ceases to have effect on 31st October 2015 (article 2). An overall impact assessment in relation to the individual electoral registration scheme is available on the Cabinet Office website at https:///www.gov.uk/government/publications/individual-electoral-registration-impact-assessment.

Offences created by this instrument

Disclosure and other processing of information article 7(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2014 Lords · Grand Committee · 19 November 2014 · Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab)
My Lords, I have no issues with the orders or regulations before us today. They are part of a series that have been coming to Grand Committee for consideration as we move towards individual electoral registration. I do, though, have concerns that I have raised many times before in Grand Committee regarding the speed at which we are moving—the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, referred to this—and the risk of people dropping off the register. I do not believe that the Government have given sufficient weight to this as part of their preparation for the switchover. I have never understood what the rush…
Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2014 Lords · Grand Committee · 19 November 2014 · Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD)
My Lords, I will speak also to the Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme Order 2014 and the Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2014. The Committee will be aware that individual electoral registration was successfully introduced on 10 June in England and Wales and on 19 September in Scotland. For the first time ever, people in Great Britain can apply online to register to vote. To date, some 67% of the 3 million people who have applied under IER have done so online. The draft instruments before the Committee today will make some further refinements…
Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme Order 2014 Lords · Grand Committee · 19 November 2014 · Lord Wallace of Saltaire
That the Grand Committee do consider the Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme Order 2014. Relevant documents: 9th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme Order 2014 Lords · Grand Committee · 19 November 2014
Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2014 Lords · Lords Chamber · 24 November 2014
Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme Order 2014

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