Electoral Reform Act 2022
Use of the electoral register
88. The Act of 1992 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 13C:
“13D. (1) The information contained in the register of electors maintained and published under this Part shall only be used for electoral or other statutory purposes.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), information contained in the register maintained and published under section 13 may be used—
(a) by a specified person (within the meaning of section 39 of the Data Protection Act 2018), for the purpose of communicating with a data subject (within the meaning of Article 4(1) of the Data Protection Regulation) in accordance with section 39 of that Act, or
(b) by an elected representative (within the meaning of section 40 of the Data Protection Act 2018) for the purposes of section 40 of that Act.”.