The Electoral Registration Data Schemes (No. 2) Order 2012

• Citation: S.I. 2012/3232
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Electoral Registration Data Schemes (No. 2) Order 2012 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Section 2 Citation, commencement and interpretation

In this Order—

“ the Act ” means the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009;

“area” means—

in England, a district or London borough;

in Wales, a county or county borough;

in Scotland, a local government area;

“authority” has the meaning given in article 3.

Section 3 Authorisation of data schemes

Subject to article 4, a person mentioned in the second column of the table in Part 1 of the Schedule (“an authority”) may provide to the registration officer for the area in the corresponding entry in the first column of that table—

(a) information described in the entry corresponding to that authority in the table in Part 2 of the Schedule which relates to that area;

(b) information kept in the same database as the information authorised to be provided under paragraph (a) and which relates to the source, collection or recording of that information.

Section 4 Authorisation of data schemes

(1) An authority may provide information to a registration officer under article 3 only if—

(a) the information is provided before 17th April 2013;

(b) the information is provided for the purpose mentioned in section 35(2) of the Act; and

(c) the authority and the registration officer have agreed in writing, in relation to the scheme, requirements as to the processing of information, including requirements as to the transfer, storage, destruction and security of information.

(2) An agreement under paragraph (1)(c) must make provision for the consequences of a failure to comply with such requirements, and those consequences may include the suspension or termination of the provision of information by the authority.

Section 5 Evaluation date

For the purpose of section 36(3) of the Act, the evaluation date for each scheme is 17th July 2013.