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).