§ RPA 1983 Sch. 2 ¶ 1A(untitled)

1 Provision authorising or requiring a person to disclose information to another person for the purpose of assisting a registration officer ...— a to verify information relating to a person within sub-paragraph (1A), b to ascertain the names and addresses of people who are not registered but who are entitled to be registered, or c to identify those people who are registered but who are not entitled to be registered. 1A The following persons are within this sub-paragraph— a a person who is registered in a register maintained by the registration officer; b a person who is named in— i an application for registration in, or alteration of, a register, ii an application (including a partially completed application) under section 13BD, 13BE or 13C, or iii a relevant absent voting application. 1B In sub-paragraph (1A)(b)(i), the reference to an application for registration in, or alteration of, a register includes a reference to a partially completed application submitted through the UK digital service. 2 Provision made under sub-paragraph (1) may authorise or require the person to whom the information is disclosed— a to compare it with other information; b to disclose the results of the comparison to a registration officer for the purpose mentioned in that sub-paragraph. 3 The provision that may be made under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) includes provision— a conferring other functions on a person; b authorising the Secretary of State to make grants to a person on whom functions are conferred; c authorising a person to disclose or otherwise process information only in accordance with an agreement; d authorising or requiring a person to disclose or otherwise process information only in accordance with requirements imposed by the Secretary of State; e regulating the manner in which information is disclosed; f requiring the retention or disposal, or otherwise regulating the processing, of information disclosed. 4 Provision made under this paragraph has effect despite any statutory or other restriction on the disclosure of information. 5 In this paragraph “ processing ” has the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(4) and (14) of that Act) . 6 In sub-paragraph (1), the reference to disclosing information includes, in relation to verifying information relating to a person who is named in a relevant registration application or a relevant absent voting application, references to disclosing evidence provided by a person in connection with the application. 7 In this paragraph— a “ relevant absent voting application ” means— i an application (including a partially completed application) under paragraph 3, 4 or 6 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000, other than an application in relation to a local government election, or local government elections, in Scotland or Wales, or ii an application (including a partially completed application) under section 6, 7 or 8 of the Representation of the People Act 1985; b “ relevant registration application ” means an application (including a partially completed application) for registration in, or alteration of— i a register of parliamentary electors, or ii a register of local government electors in England, and includes a form (or partially completed form) in connection with a canvass under section 10; c “ the UK digital service ” means a digital service provided by a Minister of the Crown for the registration of electors, and the reference in sub-paragraph (1B) to an application submitted through the UK digital service is a reference to an application submitted using that service as an intermediary. 8 A notice, including a partially completed notice, under section 8(9) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (cancellation of proxy appointment) is to be treated as a relevant absent voting application for the purposes of this paragraph.