The register
3.—(1) The information to be included in the register in respect of a registered person is—
(a)where the person is an individual who employs others in the course of a business—
(i)the surname, all forenames and title, any previous surnames and forenames, home address, date, place and country of birth of the person and any current business address, business telephone or facsimile number or electronic mailing address which has been notified by that person to the Scottish Ministers for communication purposes;
(ii)the date on which the name of the person was first listed in the register;
(iii)the number assigned to the person on being so listed;
(iv)the nature and purpose of the exempted questions that the person is likely to ask; and
(v)a specimen of the signature of the person;
(b)where the person is a body corporate or unincorporate—
(i)the surname, all forenames and title, any previous surnames and forenames, home address, date, place and country of birth of the lead signatory and any countersignatory and any current business address, business telephone or facsimile number or electronic mailing address which has been notified to the Scottish Ministers for communication purposes;
(ii)the date on which the name of the lead signatory and any countersignatory was first listed in the register;
(iii)the number assigned to the lead signatory and any countersignatory on being listed;
(iv)the nature and purpose of the exempted questions, if any, that the body is likely to ask;
(v)a specimen of the signature of the lead signatory and any countersignatory; and
(vi)whether the body is likely to countersign applications under section 113A (criminal record certificates) or 113B (enhanced criminal record certificates)(1) of the 1997 Act or whether the body is likely to make declarations in relation to disclosure requests under section 52 (disclosure of scheme records) or 53 (disclosure of short scheme records) of the 2007 Act at the request of bodies or individuals asking exempted questions and, if so, the nature and purpose of those questions;
(c)where the person is a body corporate, the surname, all forenames and title of the chief executive and chairperson (unless either person is the lead signatory).
(d)where the person is a statutory office-holder—
(i)the surname, all forenames and title, any previous surnames and forenames, home address, date, place and country of birth of the person and any countersignatory and any current business address, business telephone or facsimile or electronic mailing address which has been notified to the Scottish Ministers for communications purposes;
(ii)the date on which the name of the person and any countersignatory was first listed in the register;
(iii)the number assigned to the person and any countersignatory on being listed;
(iv)the nature and purpose of the exempted questions that the person is likely to ask; and
(v)a specimen of the signature of the person and any countersignatory.
(2) In paragraph (1), any reference to the business address is a reference to the address of the principal place of business of that person, subject to the requirement that where that person’s principal place of business is outside Scotland and that person has a place of business in Scotland, the address of that place of business shall also be included in the register.
(3) A registered person must notify the Scottish Ministers in writing, as soon as is reasonably practicable, of the details of any alteration to the information that has been supplied by that person for the purposes of paragraph (1).
(4) A countersignatory must notify the Scottish Ministers in writing, as soon as is reasonably practicable, of the details of any alteration to the information that has been supplied by that countersignatory for the purposes of paragraph (1) and the Scottish Ministers may verify any such alteration with the registered person.
Section 113B was inserted into the 1997 Act by section 163(2) of the 2005 Act. Section 113B was amended by section 79(1) of the 2007 Act and by section 108(2) of the 2010 Act.