(1) A prospective partner in a prospective eligible Scottish partnership ("the applicant") may make an application to the registrar requiring the registrar to refrain from disclosing secured information relating to an individual ("S") who proposes to become, on or after the formation of the eligible Scottish partnership, a registrable person in relation to the prospective eligible Scottish partnership.

(2) A prospective partner in a prospective eligible Scottish partnership may only make an application under paragraph (1) where S has given consent for the prospective partner to make the application on S’s behalf.

(3) The grounds on which an application may be made are that the applicant reasonably believes that if the secured information is disclosed by the registrar -

(a) the proposed activities of the prospective eligible Scottish partnership, or

(b) one or more characteristics or personal attributes of S when associated with the prospective eligible Scottish partnership,

will put S or a person living with S at serious risk of being subjected to violence or intimidation.

(4) The application must -