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nformation was collected under subsection 15.2(1) and they compare it with other information for the purpose of assisting a member or an employee of, or a person retained by, a police service in the prevention or investigation of a crime of a sexual nature or an offence under section 490.031 or 490.0311 of the Criminal Code or in the laying of a charge for such an offence; or (c) they compare the information in accordance with an authorization under section 13. Unauthorized combination or linking of information (3.1) No person shall, by electronic means, combine any information that is collected under this Act or registered in the database with, or link it to, any other information contained in a computer system within the meaning of subsection 342.1(2) of the Criminal Code unless (a) they combine the information that is registered in the database with, or link it to, information contained in the sex offender registry established under the Ontario Act, for the purpose of registering information under section 8, 8.1 or 10; (a.1) the information was consulted in accordance with paragraph (2)(a) and they combine it with, or link it to, law enforcement information for the purpose of preventing or investigating a crime of a sexual nature; (a.2) the information was consulted in accordance with paragraph (2)(b) or (b.1) and they combine it with, or link it to, law enforcement information for the purpose of verifying the sex offender’s compliance with an order or with an obligation under section 490.019 or 490.02901 of the Criminal Code , section 227.06 of the National Defence Act or section 36.1 of the International Transfer of Offenders Act or for the purpose of preventing or investigating an offence under section 490.031 or 490.0311 of the Criminal Code , an offence under either of those provisions that is punishable under section 130 of the National Defence Act or an offence under section 119.1 of that Act; (a.3) the information was collected under subsection 15.2(1) and they combine it with information contained in a computer system of the Canada Border Services Agency for the purpose of assisting a member or an employee of, or a person retained by, a police service in the prevention or investigation of a crime of a sexual nature or an offence under section 490.031 or 490.0311 of the Criminal Code or in the laying of a charge for such an offence; or (b) they combine or link information in accordance with an authorization under section 13. Unauthorized disclosure (4) No person shall disclose any information that is collected under this Act or registered in the database or the fact that information relating to a person is collected under this Act or registered in the database, or allow it to be disclosed, (a) unless the disclosure is to the sex offender, or the person served with a notice under section 490.021 of the Criminal Code or section 227.08 of the National Defence Act , to whom the information relates; (b) unless the disclosure is expressly authorized under this Act, the Criminal Code or the National Defence Act ; (c) unless the disclosure is to a member or employee of, or a person retained by, a law enforcement agency and there are reasonable grounds to believe that the disclosure will (i) assist them in the investigation of an offence under section 17 or in the laying of a charge for such an offence, (i.1) assist them in the verification of the sex offender’s compliance with section 5, (ii) assist them in the prevention or investigation of a crime of a sexual nature, an offence under section 119.1 of the National Defence Act , an offence under section 490.031 or 490.0311 of the Criminal Code or an offence under either of those provisions that is punishable under section 130 of the National Defence Act or assist them in the laying of a charge for such an offence, (iii) assist them in the investigation of a criminal offence or a service offence , as defined in subsection 2(1) of the National Defence Act or in the laying of