Cap. 518 Art. 4Requests for information from the Register. Cap. 586.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any relevant entity shall, not earlier than six months from the coming into force of this Act but not later than eighteen months from the coming into force of this Act, request the Voluntary Jurisdiction Section of the Civil Court (First Hall), hereinafter in this Act referred to as "the competent court", for information which may be registered in the Register in respect of any person who is employed or holds any position with the same institution, establishment or organisation whether such employment or position is against payment or otherwise.

(2) Any relevant entity which, against payment or otherwise, intends to employ any person or to entrust any person with a position within the entity shall, before so employing or entrusting such person, request the competent court for information which may be registered in the Register in respect of that person.

(3) The relevant entity referred to in sub-articles (1) and (2) shall be bound by the provisions of the Data Protection Act.

(4) Any such request shall be by application which shall be served on the Attorney General who shall be allowed a period of seven working days for a reply.

(5) The competent court may appoint a date for the hearing of the application in order to determine whether the application should be allowed and the date of the hearing shall be served on the Attorney General who may take part in the hearing.

(6) If the competent court allows the application, it shall identify the information which may be disclosed and shall order that such information be communicated in writing to the applicant.

(7) The registrar of the Court shall keep a separate record of all applications filed under this article.