(1) The Secretary may request information about an applicant for a use licence from a relevant practitioner registration board for the purpose of determining whether the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a use licence.
(2) A relevant practitioner registration board may, on receiving a request under sub-section (1), disclose to the Secretary information about the applicant obtained by the board under the Act under which the board is established.
(3) In this section—
"relevant practitioner registration board" has the same meaning as in section 44(2).