Regulation 16 Databases

For the purposes of Article 40(1), an issuing body must incorporate the information falling within Articles 28(e) and 38(1) into the central database.

The Secretary of State may issue guidance to issuing bodies about the central database and how to enter information into it.

The Secretary of State may share any data or information held or stored in, or which is to be held or stored in, the central database with the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and, in Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

In this regulation, “central database” means the database established by the Secretary of State in accordance with Article 39.