Regulation 50 Application by a prospective partner in a prospective eligible Scottish partnership requiring the registrar to refrain from ... disclosing an individual's secured informationF2

A prospective partner in a prospective eligible Scottish partnership (“the applicant”) may make an application to the registrar requiring the registrar to refrain from F1... disclosing secured information relating to an individual (“S”) who proposes to become, on or after the formation of the eligible Scottish partnership, a registrable person in relation to the prospective eligible Scottish partnership.

A prospective partner in a prospective eligible Scottish partnership may only make an application under paragraph (1) where S has given consent for the prospective partner to make the application on S's behalf.

The grounds on which an application may be made are that the applicant reasonably believes that if the secured information is disclosed by the registrar—

will put S or a person living with S at serious risk of being subjected to violence or intimidation.

The application must—

The registrar must determine the application and, within the period of 7 days beginning with the date on which the determination is made, send to the applicant and to S notice of the determination.

Where the application is unsuccessful, the notice under paragraph (5) must inform the applicant of the applicant's right to apply for permission to appeal against the determination within the period of 28 days beginning with the date of the notice.