Current disclosure requests under sections 52 and 53 of the 2007 Act7.

(1)

Paragraph (2) of this article applies where the Scottish Ministers—

(a)

have, before the relevant date, received a request for—

(i)

disclosure of a scheme member’s scheme record under section 52 (disclosure of scheme records) of the 2007 Act; or

(ii)

disclosure of a scheme member’s short scheme record under section 53 (disclosure of short scheme records) of the 2007 Act; and

(b)

have not by that date disclosed the scheme record or, as the case may be, short scheme record.

(2)

Any request for a disclosure referred to in paragraph (1) is to be treated for all purposes as having been received after the relevant date.