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May 23, 2004
22 Disclosures for the purpose of correcting false information
(1) This section applies where.
(a) information about an individual has been provided for verification
purposes (whether under section 11 or otherwise) to the Secretary of
State or to a designated documents authority; and
(b) it appears to the Secretary of State that the information was false in one
or more particulars.
(2) The Secretary of State may, without the individual.s consent, disclose to the
person who provided the false information.
(a) the respects in which it is false; and
(b) what is in fact recorded in that individual.s entry in respect of the
matters to which the false information related.
(3) A disclosure under this section is subject to compliance with any requirements
imposed in relation to the disclosure by or under section 24.
(4) The reference in this section to providing information about an individual for
verification purposes is a reference to providing information about that
individual that is required by the Secretary of State or a designated documents
authority for verifying.
(a) something recorded in that individual.s entry in the Register,
(b) something provided to the Secretary of State or a designated
documents authority for the purpose of being recorded in an entry
about that individual in the Register, or
(c) something otherwise available to the Secretary of State for being so
recorded.
Posted by wtwu at May 23, 2004 11:16 PM
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