Hello
The Representation of the Peoples Act Amendment Regulations 2002 allows
candidates to have access to the full register for electoral purposes. The
Commissioner has some good guidance on political parties (put "political
parties" in 'search' and you'll find it), which states that even though
they have a right of access to the full register, they still have to
respect Section 11 notices, and should check that they haven't received one
before sending out marketing information.
It's also worth pointing out (as the Commissioner does), that political
parties are required to screen against the Telephone Preference Service and
they're also covered by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regs as
well. The Times and the Telegraph have reported that a lot of calls and
emails are being made, but the most I have had is a single party election
leaflet meant for the neighbouring constituency.
Tim Turner
Wigan Council
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:47:55 +0100, Les Kingstone <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>Just the usual bad hair day!
>
>Following the Robertson v Wakefield case and the use of the electoral
>register, I am sure there was an SI, Regulation or Act passed where the ERO
>caould only sell the restricted list.
>
>Can anyone push me in the right direction?
>
>Second question. Would local candidates have access to the full list or
>the restricted list at time of an election? Would they be able to use this
>to market Joe Public by snail-mail? I would have thought that they would
>still have to comply with Section 11.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Thanks in anticipation,
>
>
>Les
>AEGON UK
>
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