New Clause 4 - UK animal welfare enforcement database
Animal Welfare Bill
2:30 pm
‘(1)The Secretary of State may, by regulation, establish a UK Animal Welfare Enforcement Database to assist the enforcement of this Act.
(2)A UK Animal Welfare Enforcement Database established under this section shall contain only the following information—
(a)details relating exclusively to registration and licensing schemes under section 11,
(b)details relating to persons convicted under this Act, and
(c)details of the relevant experts and specialists that those persons responsible for the enforcement of this Act may wish to consult.
(3)The details contained within subsection (2)(a) and subsection (2)(b) shall only be amended by and accessible to—
(a)the police,
(b)the courts,
(c)local authorities,
(d)the Secretary of State,
(e)the Crown Prosecution Service,
(f)in Scotland, the Crown Office, and
(g)in Northern Ireland, the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.
(4)Those persons who have access under subsection (3) shall not disclose such information to any persons during the course of an investigation other than those under subsection (3) that may be necessary to disclose to during the course of such an investigation.
(5)The UK Animal Welfare Enforcement Database shall conform with all the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.
(6)Before making regulations under subsection (1), the Secretary of State shall seek to consult publicly with all interested parties and make available the details of the evidence given.
(7)After the consultation procedure in subsection (6), the UK Animal Welfare Enforcement Database shall not be established unless a draft of the instrument containing the provisions for establishing the UK Animal Welfare Enforcement Database has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.’.—[Bill Wiggin.]