Subject to the provisions of regulations 40 to 43, Article 34A(5) of the 1976 Order and section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act 200410 any person may have access to any information contained in a relevant register.

The Registrar General shall at any time when the General Register Office is open allow any person to have access to any information contained in a relevant register upon payment of a prescribed fee.

The Registrar General may arrange, provide or facilitate the use of electronic communications, forms and storage to allow a remote search to be made by a person at any time of any information contained in a relevant register upon payment of a prescribed fee.

The Registrar General may make arrangements with a person (“a third party”) for the transfer to the third party, by electronic communication or otherwise, of any information contained in a relevant register for the purpose of providing access to information contained in the register, subject to conditions (including conditions as to the making of payments by the third party to the Registrar General), and on such terms as may be provided for in the arrangements.

Information contained in a relevant register shall not be made available to a person under regulations 41 or 42 unless the relevant period has expired in relation to the information.