(1)A public authority may disclose information to the regulator if the authority thinks that the disclosure is necessary for a purpose connected with the regulator’s functions.
(2)The regulator may disclose information to a public authority if the regulator thinks that the disclosure is necessary—
(a)for a purpose connected with the regulator’s functions, or
(b)for a purpose connected with the authority’s functions.
(3)The regulator may disclose information to a person acting on its behalf for a purpose connected with the regulator’s functions.
(4)A disclosure may be subject to restrictions on further disclosure.
(5)The power to disclose information under this section is subject to any express restriction on disclosure imposed by another enactment (ignoring any restriction which allows disclosure if authorised by an enactment).
(6)Disclosure in contravention of a restriction under subsection (4) is an offence.
(7)A person guilty of an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(8)“Public authority” means a person having functions of a public nature (whether or not in the United Kingdom).