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.