Ian,
I think you are wrong on two points.
1. The new legislation was never intended to stop the sale of the registers.
It was supposed to create two versions a full and an opt-out. The full could
be sold for certain limited purposes and the opt-out for e.g marketing
purposes.
2. One decision by one judge does not over-ride the legal requirement in the
existing legislation to sell the list to those who wish to buy it and it is
a bit unhelpful to suggest that it does. First there may be an appeal and
second it creates a potential conflict of laws which the government will
have to sort out.
Panicking local authorities does not help.
Alasdair Warwood
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From: "Ian Welton" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 9:52 AM
Subject: Sale of Voters Registers - Court Case
> L.A. members of the list will probably be interested in a court case
> reported in todays Times "Sales of voters' list a breach of privacy" (Page
> 10, Saturday November 27 2001) Available on-line at :-
> http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-2001530475,00.html
>
> When was the new legislation covering voters lists due to be implemented?
> It would seem from this court case that sales of the register should stop
> immediately.
>
> Ian W.
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