6. For the purpose of section 17 of the Act and subject to section 7 of these Regulations, an information bank director shall, on receiving a search request from the Minister, search the designated information banks under the control of the information bank director for such information concerning the person who is the subject of the search request as may be released under section 16 of the Act.

• 7. (1) An information bank director who receives a search request from the Minister may, before or while carrying out the search referred to in section 6, make a request to the other information bank director for such additional information as may be necessary in order to conduct that search.

• (2) An information bank director who receives a request referred to in subsection (1) for additional information shall search the designated information banks under his control and shall

  • (a) if the additional information requested is found, communicate the information to the requesting director; or

  • (b) if the additional information requested is not found, report that result to the requesting director.

8. An information bank director shall transmit to the Minister

• (a) the information referred to in section 6; or

• (b) where the information referred to in section 6 has not been found, a report of that result.