17.—(1) The Department (“D”) must give any district council such assistance and information as it may reasonably request for the purpose of helping it perform its duties under these Regulations, and D may share any other information obtained by D with any district council (although not requested by the district council) for the purpose of helping it perform those duties.
(2) In paragraph (1) “information” means information obtained by D as the competent authority designated by regulation 5(1), as the competent authority designated by regulation 9(1) or as an enforcement authority.
(3) D may use information obtained by D as the competent authority designated by regulation 5(1), or as the competent authority designated by regulation 9(1), for the purpose of helping D perform D’s duties as an enforcement authority under these Regulations.
(4) D may use information obtained by D as an enforcement authority under these Regulations for the purpose of helping D perform D’s duties as the competent authority designated by regulation 5(1), or as the competent authority designated by regulation 9(1).
(5) Each district council must give any other district council or D such assistance and information as they may reasonably request for the purpose of helping them perform their duties under these Regulations, and each district council may share any other information obtained by them as an enforcement authority with any other district council or D (although not requested by the district council or D) for the purpose of helping them perform their duties under these Regulations.
(6) In paragraph (5) “information” means information obtained by a district council as an enforcement authority.