The Director may use the information contained in the Cervical Screening Register for the following purposes:

(a) to ensure that the information held about a person on the Register is up to date;

(b) to provide notification in respect of a person on the Register who may –

(i) be overdue for a cervical cancer test; or

(ii) need to have a cervical cancer test repeated because of a technically unsatisfactory test result; or

(iii) require appropriate medical investigation or treatment because of an abnormal cervical cancer test result;

(c) to provide information, including a cervical cancer test result, for a person on the Register to assist in –

(i) the making of a diagnosis; or

(ii) the recommendation of treatment for the person; or

(iii) the determination of the time when the person should have the next cervical cancer test;

(ca) to provide general information to persons on the Register about the role and functions of the Register, cervical screening and cervical cancer prevention;

(cb) to provide information for the purposes of the National HPV Vaccination Program Register or for the purposes of maintaining a corresponding register;

(d) to provide comparative data from laboratories to encourage consistency of performance;

(e) to provide epidemiological data in order to –

(i) monitor participation rates and patterns; and

(ii) assist program planning or the development of national guidelines; and

(iii) provide a database for use in research into cancer, its alleviation and its prevention; and

(iv) assist the compilation of comparative data by any approved organisation; and

(v) increase public awareness by the publication of statistical profiles.