New Clause 19
Political Parties and Elections Bill
12:00 pm
CORE information and action to be taken by electoral registration officers
‘(1) Section 2 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) (co-ordinated on-line record of electors: use of information) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (6)—
(a) in paragraph (b), after “is requested” there is inserted “in respect of the same address or”;
(b) in paragraph (c), for “acts as” there is substituted “is appointed as, or votes as,”.
(3) After subsection (6) there is inserted—
“(6A) A CORE scheme may require that where a CORE keeper informs an ERO as mentioned in subsection (5), or informs an ERO of any suspicions that the CORE keeper has concerning the commission of an offence under the 1983 Act or other impropriety—
(a) the ERO must take such steps (if any) as appear to the ERO to be appropriate in response to being so informed;
(b) the ERO must notify the CORE keeper of the steps taken (or of the reasons for not taking any), within such period and in such form and manner as is specified—
(i) in the scheme, or
(ii) by the CORE keeper in accordance with the scheme.”
(4) In subsection (7)(b), after “relating to the person” there is inserted “, or to any such suspicions as are mentioned in subsection (6A),”.
(5) In subsection (11)—
(a) for “must not authorise” there is substituted “must not—
(a) authorise”;
(b) at the end there is inserted—
“(b) authorise one ERO to supply information to another.”’.—[Mr. Wills.]