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DEEDS REGISTRIES AMENDMENT
communicate with each other in writing in the manner prescribed in this
Act.
(2) The Registrar may at any time require from any registered
user the submission of any original document required to be produced
under any of the provisions of this Act.
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Unlawful uses of computer systems
(1) A person who, not being the registered user of a digital
signature to whom it is allocated, uses such a signature in any electronic
communication to the Deeds Registry or the Registrar without the authority
of such registered user, commits an offence and is liable to a fine not
exceeding level twelve or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding
ten years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
(2) A person who-
(a)
makes a false electronic record or falsifies an electronic
record; or
(b)
dishonestly or fraudulently(i)
makes, affixes any digital signature to, transmits or
executes an electronic record or communication; or
(ii)
causes any other person to make, affix any digital
signature to,execute, transmit or execute an electronic
record or communication;
commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding level twelve or
to imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years or to both such fine
and such imprisonment.
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Restrictions on disclosure of information
( 1) Except for the purposes of a prosecution in respect of an
offence under this Act, no user of the electronic registry who is registered
to use it for purposes other than conveyancing work or notarial practice
shall-
(a)
disclose to any other person any information relating to an
individual without the consent of the individual concerned;
or
(b)
put any information obtained from the electronic registry
into the public domain unless such information is sufficiently
anonymised, that is to say it must only be presented in bulk
for statistical purposes and so presented as not to name any
individual to which such information relates.
(2) No-
(a)
user of the electronic registry, or employee or agent of such
user; or
(b)
former user of the electronic registry, or former employee
or agent of such user; or
(c)
officer employed in the Deeds Registry, or former officer
so employed;
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