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(1) A person may inspect the public registers only in accordance with this Act and such provisions (if any) of the insolvency regulations as relate to the inspection of the public registers.(2) The public registers relating to bankruptcies, summary instalment orders or the no-asset procedure may be searched only by reference to the following criteria—(a) the bankruptcy number, summary instalment order or no asset procedure number;(b) the name, or any part of the name of a person;(c) insolvency status;(d) the date of the relevant bankruptcy order, summary instalment order, admission to the no asset procedure, or discharge;(e) any combination of the criteria in paragraphs (a) to (e);(f) any other criteria prescribed by the insolvency regulations.(3) In subsection (2)(c), insolvency status means that a person—(a) is currently bankrupt;(b) is subject to a current summary instalment order;(c) is currently admitted to the no asset procedure;(d) is a discharged bankrupt;(e) is discharged from the no asset procedure in accordance with section 358;(f) is a discharged bankrupt who is subject to conditions of discharge;(g) has been subject to a bankruptcy order but the order has been annulled under section 271(2) (a) or 272(2)(a);(h) has been subject to a bankruptcy order but the order has been annulled under section 271(2) (b) or (c) or 272(2)(b) or (c); or(i) is subject to section 718 (which relates to permanent retention of information on the register after multiple insolvency events).(4) The public registers may be inspected—(a) by a person, or by another person with the consent of that person, for the purpose of searching for information about that person;(b) by a person for the purpose of ascertaining whether another person is bankrupt, is a discharged bankrupt, is subject to a current summary instalment order, is currently admitted to the no asset procedure, or is discharged from that procedure under section 358; (c) by a person for any purpose related to—(i) the bankruptcy of a person;(ii) the making of a current summary instalment order in respect of a person; or(iii) the admission of a person to the no asset procedure;(d) by a person for any of the purposes specified in section 713(4)(a) or (b); or(e) by a person for the purpose of ascertaining whether section 714 applies to another person.
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