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Information sharing

10.—(1) An authorised person may share information obtained for the purpose of a joint inspection with any other authorised person (including a person authorised by another person or body) but only for the purposes of a joint inspection.

(2) Subject to section 117(3) (regulations relating to joint inspections), if an authorised person has obtained information for the purpose of a joint inspection, that person may share that information with—

(a)any person or body listed in section 115(6) (joint inspections) but only to assist the carrying out of functions by that body or person; or

(b)any person or body directed by the Scottish Ministers to participate in the conduct of a joint inspection under section 116 (participation in joint inspections) but only to assist the carrying out of functions by that person or body.