Powers of the Secretary of State8

1

The Secretary of State may serve a notice on a database operator requiring it to provide any information—

a

recorded on a database which it operates;

b

relating to the functioning of the regulatory regime established by these Regulations;

c

necessary to demonstrate that it is meeting the conditions in regulation 7.

2

Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a database operator does not meet the conditions in regulation 7, the Secretary of State may serve a notice requiring that database operator to—

a

cease holding itself out as meeting the conditions in regulation 7; and

b

provide the Secretary of State or another database operator with an electronic copy of all the data recorded on its database pursuant to regulation 3(4)(b).