The Deregulation and Contracting Out (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 No. 1632 (NI. 11)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 N.I. RESTRICTIONS ON DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

Disclosure between contracting parties, etc. N.I.

2.  The enactment or obligation does not prevent or penalise the disclosure of relevant information— N.I.

(a) between contractor A or an employee of his and authority A or an authorised officer of that authority;

(b) between contractor A and an employee of his or between one such employee and another; or

(c) where the relevant function has been delegated to authority A by another Department, Minister, office-holder or district council ( “authority B”), between contractor A or an employee of his and authority B or an authorised officer of that authority,

if the disclosure is necessary or expedient in or in connection with, or for the purpose of facilitating, the exercise of the relevant function or a related function or the performance of ancillary services.