1.—(1) Paragraphs 2 to 5,7 and 8 apply where—N.I.
(a)a person ( “contractor A”) is authorised to exercise any function ( “the relevant function”) of a Department, Minister, office holder or district council ( “authority A”); and
(b)the disclosure of relevant information, that is, information obtained, whether before or after the commencement of this Order, in or in connection with the exercise of the relevant function or a related function, is restricted by any enactment or by any obligation of confidentiality.
(2) Paragraphs 6 to 8 apply where—
(a)a person ( “contractor A”) is authorised to exercise any function ( “the relevant function”) of a Department, Minister, office-holder or district council ( “authority A”); and
(b)the disclosure of relevant information, that is, information obtained, whether before or after the commencement of this Order, in or in connection with the exercise of any function of another Department, Minister, office-holder or district council ( “authority E”), is restricted by any enactment or by any obligation of confidentiality.