(1) An individual may make a statement to the Register operator:
(a) to the effect that, in the event that the individual ceases to be a registered individual, the individual consents to the Register operator archiving a copy of the individual's entry in the National Self - exclusion Register (as it stood immediately before the cessation) for 7 years after the cessation; and
(b) acknowledging that the archived copy can be used by the Register operator to facilitate a subsequent re - registration of the individual in the National Self - exclusion Register.
(2) A consent under subsection (1) is to be known as an archived records consent .
(3) A statement under subsection (1) may be included in an application made under this Part or the Register rules.
(4) If an individual has given an archived records consent, the relevant archived copy of the individual's entry in the National Self - exclusion Register may only be used by the Register operator to facilitate a subsequent re - registration of the individual in the National Self - exclusion Register.