18FConsent to disclosure of information may be required

18F Consent to disclosure of information may be required

(1) The Director may require a person submitting an application for registration to provide the Director with any consent required by another person or body to enable the Director to obtain from the other person or body information to check or confirm any information set out in the application.

(2) A reference in this Part to seeking further information in relation to an application includes a reference to requiring the provision of any consent referred to in subsection (1).

(3) A reference to a consent in this section includes a reference to the consent of a person other than the person submitting the application.

Subsection (3), would, for instance, enable the Director to require a person submitting an application to obtain the consent to a criminal record check of a person whom the Director believes on reasonable grounds is an associate of the person before the Director makes a final decision on whether or not to grant the application.

S. 19 substituted by No. 70/2001 s. 10.