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35.—(1) A UK competent authority must take all reasonable steps to ensure that personal data which are inaccurate, incomplete or no longer up-to-date are not transmitted or made available.
(2) Where a UK competent authority transmits or makes available personal data it should, as far as practicable, verify the quality of personal data before transmitting it or making it available.
(3) Where a UK competent authority transmits or makes available personal data, it must, as far as possible, add available information which enables the recipient to assess the degree of accuracy, completeness and reliability of the data, including whether they are up-to-date.
(4) If personal data are transmitted or made available to a competent authority without that authority having requested them, that authority must verify without delay whether the data are necessary for the purpose for which they were transmitted.
(5) This paragraph applies where a UK competent authority transmits or makes available personal data to a non-UK competent authority and it becomes apparent that the transmitted data—
(a)are incorrect; or
(b)have been unlawfully transmitted.
(6) Where paragraph (5) applies, the UK competent authority must without delay—
(a)notify the recipient of the inaccuracy or unlawful transmission; and
(b)rectify, erase or block the data in accordance with regulation 31.
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