Regulation 2

Paragraphs (2) and (3) set out the circumstances prescribed for the purposes of section 8A(1) in which information may be provided by a police authority in connection with the questions specified in section 8A(2).

Those circumstances are where a written request for, or a written consent to, the provision of the information has been given by, or on behalf of, the individual to whom the information relates.

Where the individual to whom the information relates has died, those circumstances are where a written request for, or a written consent to, the provision of the information has been given by his personal representatives.