Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Act 2018
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Automated searching of vehicle registration data held in National Vehicle and Driver File | ||
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3. (1) For the purpose of the prevention and the investigation of criminal offences in a designated state and in dealing with other offences coming within the jurisdiction of the courts or the public prosecution service of a searching designated state, as well as in maintaining public security, the national contact point in the State shall allow the national contact point of a designated state access to the National Vehicle and Driver File with power to conduct automated searches in an individual case in respect of vehicle registration data held in that File. | ||
(2) Automated searches of vehicle registration data held in the National Vehicle and Driver File under this section may be conducted only through the use of the full VIN or full registration number of a vehicle. | ||
(3) The national contact point in the State shall ensure that, following a search by the national contact point of a designated state, a reply is sent to that national contact point, in an automated manner, comprising— | ||
(a) where data are found— | ||
(i) a notification of the data, and | ||
(ii) notification that the data may be used only for the purposes for which the data have been supplied or for the purpose of logging and recording the supply of data for the purposes of the Council Decision, | ||
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(b) where data are not found, a notification to that effect. | ||
(4) In conducting an automated search under this section of data in the National Vehicle and Driver File, data supplied by the national contact point of a designated state in accordance with Article 12 of the Council Decision may be used by an authorised officer administering the file solely where this is necessary for the purpose of providing automated replies to search procedures and recording under section 6 . | ||
(5) Subject to section 6 , the data supplied by the national contact point of a designated state referred to in subsection (4), shall be deleted immediately following automated replies to searches. |