Kath
I do not recall having seen any reply to your message, so I offer the
following. LACA (the Library Association Copyright Alliance, on which I
represent the SoA) has published a statement about the issue, written by
Sandy Norman, the LA's copyright advisor. You can see it at:
http://www.la-hq.org.uk/groups/laca/er.html
It suggests that policy for the moment will depend on the local electoral
registration officer, but that they are likely to prohibit all but
manuscript note-taking. The advice also gives a (imprecise) link to the
report of the case, for anyone who is really keen. Since the judgment was
based on data protection, restrictions based on it cannot (as I understand
it) apply to electoral registers for people who are all dead. Public records
are closed on the assumption of a life-span of 100 years, so on that basis
registers over about 80 years old (allowing for the minimum age of 21 at
that time for appearance on the register) would not be affected.
Tim
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Tim Padfield
Copyright Officer
Curator of Photographs
Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Council on Public Records
Public Record Office, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU
Tel: 020-8392 5381
Fax: 020-8392 5295
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.pro.gov.uk
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> From: [log in to unmask][SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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> Sent: 17 January 2002 13:50
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> Subject: Electoral Registers copying
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> Dear colleagues
>
> Has anyone else been asked to prohibit photocopying of older (say 10, 20
> or 30 year old) electoral registers because of the recent court case in
> Wakefield? Any views on this?
>
> best wishes
>
>
> Kath Shawcross
> Borough Archivist and Local Studies Manager
> London Borough of Sutton
> 020-8770 4745
> 020-8770 4777 FAX
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> www.sutton.gov.uk/lfl/heritage
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