8The following section shall be inserted after section 26—
“26A Registration officer: information.
“26A(1)Subsection (2) below applies where—
(a)the Secretary of State serves a notice on a registration officer for a charging authority requiring him to supply to the Secretary of State information specified in the notice,
(b)the information is required by the Secretary of State for a purpose other than that of carrying out his functions under this Act, and
(c)the information is not personal information.
(2)The officer shall supply the information required, and shall do so in such form and manner and at such time as the Secretary of State specifies in the notice.
(3)Personal information is information which relates to an individual (living or dead) who can be identified from that information or from that and other information supplied to any person by the registration officer; and personal information includes any expression of opinion about the individual and any indication of the intentions of any person in respect of the individual.”