30. Maintenance of records and provision of information---(1) For the
purposes of this section and of sections 21 to 29 of this Act, and only
for those purposes, every territorial authority shall---
(a) Maintain a record of every order made under section 78A (1) of the
Summary Proceedings Act 1957, and of every order deemed to have
been made under section 21 (5) of that Act, in respect of an
infringement offence committed within the previous 30 months in
respect of which---
(i) An information was laid by the territorial authority
pursuant to section 65 (2) (a) of this Act; or
(ii) An infringement notice was issued by the territorial
authority.
(b) Maintain a record of every infringement notice issued by the
territorial authority under this Act in respect of an offence
committed within the previous 30 months in respect of which the
infringement fee has been paid; and
(c) Maintain a full record of,---
(i) Every decision of that territorial authority to classify a
person as a probationary owner under subsection (1) or
subsection (2) of section 21 of this Act; and
(ii) Every decision of that territorial authority to uphold
such classification under section 22 (4) of this Act;---
for so long as that classification remains in force; and
(d) Maintain a full record of,---
(i) Every decision of that territorial authority to disqualify
any person under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of section 25
of this Act; and
(ii) Every decision of that territorial authority to uphold
disqualification under section 26 (4) of this Act; and
(iii) Every decision of that territorial authority to extend,
under section 28 (6) of this Act, a period of
disqualification;---
for so long as that disqualification remains in force.
(2) Every territorial authority---
(a) Shall, where any officer of any other territorial authority so
requests for the purposes of this Act, inform that officer
whether any person named in that request,---
(i) Is shown, by any record kept by that territorial authority
pursuant to paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of
this section to have committed, within the meaning of section 21
(3) or section 25 (3) of this Act, any infringement offence and,
if so, the date and nature of that offence; or
(ii) Is for the time being classified as a probationary owner
under section 21 of this Act by virtue of a decision of that
territorial authority and, if so, the date on which that
classification will terminate; or
(iii) Is for the time being disqualified under section 25 of
this Act by virtue of a decision of the territorial authority
and, if so, the date on which that disqualification will
terminate:
(b) Shall, where any person classified as a probationary owner by that
territorial authority has objected to another territorial
authority against that classification, forward to the other
territorial authority such information held in the records kept
under subsection (1) (c) of this section as is necessary for the
purposes of section 22 (3) (a) of this Act:
(c) Shall, where any person disqualified by that territorial authority
has objected to another territorial authority against that
disqualification, forward to the other territorial authority
such information held in the records kept under subsection (1)
(d) of this section as is necessary for the purpose of section
26 (3) (a) of this Act.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply to all information
received by a territorial authority pursuant to subsection (2) (a) of
this section as if that territorial authority had taken the actions
referred to in that subsection.
(4) At the expiration of any period during which any territorial
authority is required by this section to maintain any records and
information, those records and that information shall be destroyed by
the territorial authority.