17. Register

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1. The Commissioner shall maintain a register (hereinafter referred to as “the Register”) of persons who have provided information under section 16.

2. Each entry in the Register shall consist of—

(a) the registration particulars notified under section 16(1)(a), updated as to changes as informed pursuant to that provision; and

(b) such other information as the Commissioner may be authorised or required by regulations made under section 16(3) to include in the Register.

3. A data controller shall pay such annual fee as may be prescribed for the maintenance of the required particulars of that data controller in the Register, and no entry in the Register shall be retained in the Register for longer than twelve months except on payment of that prescribed fee.

4. The Commissioner shall—

(a) make the information contained in the Register available for inspection by the public at all reasonable times, free of charge; and

(b) on the payment of such fee as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 16(3), supply any member of the public with a duly certified copy in writing of the particulars contained in any entry made in the Register.