49.—(1) The Department may make any information held by it for the purposes of this Act available to—
(a)constables;
(b)police support staff;
(c)such other persons as may be prescribed.
(2) In respect of any information made available under subsection (1) the Department may by regulations—
(a)determine the purposes for which persons may be given access to the information;
(b)determine the circumstances in which any of the information to which those persons have been given access may be further disclosed by them.
(3) In this section “information” means information held in any form.