A Minister of the Crown or the Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision about the use of the UK digital service in relation to absent voting applications.
The provision that may be made under subsection (1) includes, in particular, provision—
Subject to subsection (4), the disclosure or other processing of information in accordance with provision made under this section does not breach—
Provision made under this section does not require or authorise the disclosure or other processing of personal data that would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether particular processing of data would do so, take into account the duty imposed or the powers conferred by such provision).
The Scottish Ministers may not make regulations under this section without the agreement of a Minister of the Crown.
In this section—
"absent voting application" means an application (including a partially completed application) to vote by post or proxy at an election for membership of the Parliament, or at elections for membership of the Parliament, in accordance with an order under section 12;
"the data protection legislation" has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(9) of that Act);
"personal data" and "processing" have the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(2) and (4) of that Act);
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under this section;
"the UK digital service" means a digital service provided by a Minister of the Crown for the registration of electors, and a reference to an absent voting application submitted through the UK digital service is a reference to such an application submitted using that service as an intermediary.