Regulation 3 Amendments to the 2001 Regulations

After regulation 35 of the 2001 Regulations insert—

“Disclosure of certain local authorities’ records

35A.

(1)

A local authority listed in paragraph (2) may disclose to a registration officer information contained in records held by that authority, for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph 1A(1) of Schedule 2 to the 1983 Act.

(2)

The authorities are—

(a)

the authority by which the registration officer was appointed; and

(b)

where the council by which the registration officer was appointed is a council for a district in a county for which there is a county council, that county council.

(3)

A disclosure under paragraph (1) may be made only in accordance with a written agreement between the authority and the registration officer regulating the processing of the information, including its transfer, storage, destruction and security.

(4)

Where an authority refuses a request by a registration officer to disclose information under paragraph (1) it must give the registration officer written reasons for its refusal.”