Scottish dog control database

8Scottish dog control database

1

The Scottish Ministers, after consultation with local authorities in Scotland and with such other persons as the Scottish Ministers think appropriate, may by order provide—

a

for the establishment, maintenance, operation, management and control of a national database of dog control notices, and

b

for the appointment of a database operator (that is to say, of a person to exercise functions in relation to the establishment, maintenance, operation, management and control of that database).

2

Any database established under subsection (1) is to be known as the “Scottish dog control database”.

3

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the order may—

a

specify information which must or may be entered in the database,

b

permit or require any person to be given access to the database (or to some part of the database) for research purposes,

c

specify the length of time for which information so entered must or may be retained,

d

provide for the cancellation or variation of information entered in the database,

e

provide technical specifications for the database,

f

provide for the security of the database,

g

permit a local authority to disclose information for inclusion in the database,

h

permit a local authority to share, for the purposes of this Act, the information so disclosed with other local authorities, Scottish Ministers and the police,

i

require the submission to the database operator by a local authority of information as respects their area (including the form in which, and time within which, the information is to be so submitted), and

j

require that a local authority meet such other requirements in relation to the database as may be specified in the order.