Regulations 2 and 3

1. Paragraphs 2 and 3 set out the conditions specified for the disclosure of protected information by the registrar to a specified public authority.

2. The specified public authority has delivered to the registrar a statement that it intends to use the protected information only for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by that specified public authority of a public function ("the permitted purpose").

3. Subject to paragraph 4, the specified public authority ("the authority") has delivered to the registrar a statement that it will, where it supplies a copy of the protected information to a processor for the purpose of processing the information for use in respect of the permitted purpose -

(a) ensure that the processor is one who carries on business in the European Economic Area or in the United Kingdom;

(b) require that the information is not transmitted outside the area comprising the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area by the processor; and

(c) require that the processor does not disclose the information except to the authority or an employee of the authority.