Regulation 10 Destruction of information
(1)
The Secretary of State must take all reasonably practicable steps to secure:
(a)
that data held in electronic form which relate to any record of fingerprints or photograph which have to be destroyed in accordance with regulation 8 or 9 are destroyed or erased; or
(b)
that access to such data is blocked.
(2)
The applicant to whom the data relates is entitled, on written request, to a certificate issued by the Secretary of State to the effect that he has taken the steps required by paragraph (1).
(3)
A certificate issued under paragraph (2) must be issued within three months of the date on which the request was received by the Secretary of State.