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(1)It is an offence to request provision of, or to otherwise seek sight of, a disclosure record for a purpose other than the permitted purpose.
(2)It is an offence to use disclosure information for a purpose other than the permitted purpose.
(3)The permitted purpose is to enable or assist a person (“Z”) to consider the suitability of the individual to whom the record or information relates—
(a)to do, or to be offered or supplied for, the type of regulated work to which the disclosure record relates, or
(b)to do that type of regulated work in prescribed circumstances for any person other than Z in pursuance of arrangements under which services are provided to Z.
(4)References in subsection (1) to disclosure records do not include references to information included in disclosure records.
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