Electoral Reform Act 2022
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Use of the electoral register | ||
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88. The Act of 1992 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 13C: | ||
“13D. (1) The information contained in the register of electors maintained and published under this Part shall only be used for electoral or other statutory purposes. | ||
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), information contained in the register maintained and published under section 13 may be used— | ||
(a) by a specified person (within the meaning of section 39 of the Data Protection Act 2018 ), for the purpose of communicating with a data subject (within the meaning of Article 4(1) of the Data Protection Regulation) in accordance with section 39 of that Act, or | ||
(b) by an elected representative (within the meaning of section 40 of the Data Protection Act 2018 ) for the purposes of section 40 of that Act.”. |