Sensitivity obligation – public registers

The intention behind this section of the legislation was that an individual’s address could be withheld from the public register if making their whereabouts public would expose them to real and specific threat.

It is the Accountant’s view that an individual’s name should always be entered on to the registers, but that in certain circumstances, address details could be withheld. This would apply where disclosure of an individual’s current address or whereabouts might reasonably be expected to lead to violence or harm against that individual or against a person who normally resides with them as a family member.