Postal Services Act 2000

Other permitted disclosures E+W+S+N.I.

3 (1) Paragraph 1(2) does not apply to a disclosure made— E+W+S+N.I.

(a) for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by the Secretary of State, the Treasury, the Commission, the Competition Commission or the Council of any of his or their functions under this Act,

(b) for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by a person or body mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) of any of his or its functions under an enactment or instrument specified in sub-paragraph (3),

(c) for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Secretary of State, the Treasury, the Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland or the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland to exercise any powers conferred by [F1 the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 F2 ] or by the enactments relating to companies, insurance companies or insolvency,

(d) for the purpose of enabling or assisting an inspector appointed under the enactments relating to companies to carry out his functions,

(e) for the purpose of enabling or assisting an official receiver to carry out his functions under the enactments relating to insolvency or for the purpose of enabling or assisting a recognised professional body for the purposes of section 391 of the M1 Insolvency Act 1986 or Article 350 of the M2 Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 to carry out its functions,

(f) for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by the Health and Safety Commission or the Health and Safety Executive of any of its functions under any enactment or of facilitating the carrying out by any enforcing authority (within the meaning of Part I of the M3 Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974) of any functions under a relevant statutory provision (within the meaning of that Act),

(g) for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland of any of its functions under any enactment or of facilitating the carrying out by any enforcing authority (within the meaning of Part I of the M4 Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978) of any function under a relevant statutory provision (within the meaning of that Order),

(h) for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by the Comptroller and Auditor General, or the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland, of any of his functions under any enactment,

(i) in connection with the investigation of any criminal offence or for the purposes of any criminal proceedings,

(j) for the purposes of any civil proceedings brought by virtue of this Act or any enactment or instrument specified in sub-paragraph (3),

(k) in pursuance of a Community obligation,

(l) by the Secretary of State, or with his consent, to an international organisation of which the United Kingdom is a member,

(m) in connection with negotiations conducted by officers of the Secretary of State with representatives of the government of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom,

(n) in connection with the discharge of an obligation of the United Kingdom under international arrangements.

(2) The persons and bodies are—

(a) any Minister of the Crown,

(b) any Northern Ireland department,

(c) any Northern Ireland Minister,

(d) the Director General of Fair Trading,

(e) the Competition Commission,

(f) the Director General of Telecommunications,

(g) the Independent Television Commission,

F3 (h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(i) the Director General of Gas for Northern Ireland,

(j) the Director General of Water Services,

(k) the Water Appeals Commission for Northern Ireland,

(l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(m) the Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland,

(n) the Coal Authority,

(o) the Civil Aviation Authority,

(p) the Rail Regulator,

(q) the Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal,

(r) a local weights and measures authority in Great Britain.

[F4 (s) the Financial Services Authority,

(t) the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority,

(u) the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council.]

[F5 (3) The enactments and instruments are—

(a) the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 F6 ,

(b) the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1967 F7 ,

(c) the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 F8 ,

(d) the Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968 F9 ,

(e) the Fair Trading Act 1973 F10 ,

(f) the Consumer Credit Act 1974 F11 ,

(g) the Friendly Societies Act 1974 F12 ,

(h) the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1975 F13 ,

(i) the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1978 F14 ,

(j) the Estate Agents Act 1979 F15 ,

(k) the Credit Unions Act 1979 F16 ,

(l) the Competition Act 1980 F17 ,

(m) the Telecommunications Act 1984 F18 ,

(n) the Airports Act 1986 F19 ,

(o) the Gas Act 1986 F20 ,

(p) the Insolvency Act 1986 F21 ,

(q) the Building Societies Act 1986 F22 ,

(r) the Consumer Protection Act 1987 F23 ,

(s) the Electricity Act 1989 F24 ,

(t) the Broadcasting Act 1990 F25 ,

(u) the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 F26 ,

(v) the Water Industry Act 1991 F27 ,

(w) the Water Resources Act 1991 F28 ,

(x) the Friendly Societies Act 1992 F29 ,

(y) the Railways Act 1993 F30 ,

(z) the Coal Industry Act 1994 F31 ,

(aa) the Broadcasting Act 1996 F32 ,

(bb) the Competition Act 1998 F33 ,

(cc) the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 F34 ,

(dd) the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 F35 ,

(ee) the Utilities Act 2000 F36 ,

(ff) Part I of the Transport Act 2000 F37 ,

(gg) the Insolvency Act 2000 F38 ,

(hh) the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 F39 ,

(ii) the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 F40 ,

(jj) the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 F41 ,

(kk) the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 F42 ,

(ll) the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 F43 ,

(mm) Part IV of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 F44 ,

(nn) the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 F45 ,

(oo) the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 F46 ,

(pp) the EC Competition Law (Articles 84 and 85) Enforcement Regulations 2001 F47 ,

(qq) any subordinate legislation made for the purpose of securing compliance with the Directive of the Council of the European Communities of 10th September 1984 (No. 84/450/EEC) on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the member States concerning misleading advertising.]

Annotations:

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Amendments (Textual)

F1 Words in Sch. 7 para. 3(1)(c) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3617, art. 2(2)

F2 2000 c. 8.

F3 Sch. 7 para. 3(2)(h)(l) deleted (1.12.2001) by virtue of S.I. 2001/3617, art. 2(3)

F4 Sch. 7 para. 3(s)(t)(u) added (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3617, art. 2(3)

F5 Sch. 7 para. 3(3) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3617, art. 2(4)

F6 1965 c. 12.

F7 1967 c. 48.

F8 1968 c. 29.

F9 1968 c. 55.

F10 1973 c. 41.

F11 1974 c.39.

F12 1974 c. 46.

F13 1975 c. 41.

F14 1978 c. 34.

F15 1979 c. 38.

F16 1979 c. 34.

F17 1980 c. 21.

F18 1984 c. 12.

F19 1986 c. 31.

F20 1986 c. 44.

F21 1986 c. 45.

F22 1986 c. 53.

F23 1987 c. 43.

F24 1989 c. 29.

F25 1990 c. 42.

F26 1991 c. 29.

F27 1991 c. 56.

F28 1991 c. 57.

F29 1992 c. 40.

F30 1993 c. 43.

F31 1994 c. 21.

F32 1996 c. 55.

F33 1998 c. 41.

F34 2000 c. 8.

F35 2000 c. 23.

F36 2000 c. 27.

F37 2000 c. 38.

F38 2000 c. 39.

F39 S.I. 1973/70 (N.I. 2).

F40 S.I. 1987/460 (N.I. 5).

F41 S.I. 1987/2049 (N.I. 20).

F42 S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19).

F43 S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1).

F44 S.I. 1994/426 (N.I. 1).

F45 S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2).

F46 S.I. 1999/662 (N.I. 6).

F47 S.I. 2001/2916.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 7 para. 3(1): disclosure powers extended (14.12.2001) by 2001 c. 24, ss. 17, 127(2), Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 51

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 7 para. 3 wholly in force; Sch. 7 para. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 130; Sch. 7 para. 3(1)(b)-(n)(2)(3) in force and Sch. 7 para. 3(1)(a) in force for specified purposes at 6.11.2000 and Sch. 7 para. 3(1)(a) in force for further specified purposes at 1.1.2001 and in force insofar as not already in force at 26.3.2001 by S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(1)-(3), Schs. 1, 2, 3 (with transitional provisions in arts. 3-8)

Marginal Citations

M1 1986 c. 45.

M2 S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19).

M3 1974 c. 37.

M4 S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9).

4 The Secretary of State may by order modify paragraph 3. E+W+S+N.I.