Part 10Information

England and Wales and Northern Ireland

I2I1438 Disclosure of information by F16certain F3authorities

1

Information obtained by or on behalf of F24a relevant authority in connection with the exercise of any of F10the authority's functions F1under, or in relation to, Part 5 or 8 may be disclosed by F13the authority if the disclosure is for the purposes of any of the following—

a

any criminal investigation which is being or may be carried out, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;

b

any criminal proceedings which have been or may be started, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;

c

the exercise of the F21authority's functions F15under, or in relation to, Part 5 or 8;

d

the exercise by the prosecutor of functions under Parts 2, 3 and 4;

e

the exercise by the Scottish Ministers of their functions under Part 5 F5or 8;

f

the exercise by a customs officer F20, an accredited financial investigatorF23, a constable or an SFO officer of his functions under Chapter 3 F2, 3A F18or 3BF18, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E or 3F of Part 5;

F8fa

the exercise of any functions of F17the National Crime AgencyF7or another F11relevant authority under, or in relation to, Part 5 or 8;

g

safeguarding national security;

h

investigations or proceedings outside the United Kingdom which have led or may lead to the making of an external order within the meaning of section 447;

i

the exercise of a designated function.

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5

If F19a relevant authority makes a disclosure of information for a purpose specified in subsection (1) F22the authority may make any further disclosure of the information by the person to whom F22the authority discloses it subject to such conditions as F22the authority thinks fit.

6

Such a person must not further disclose the information in contravention of the conditions.

7

A disclosure under this section is not to be taken to breach any restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).

8

But nothing in this section authorises the making of a disclosure—

a

which contravenes F6the data protection legislation;

b

which is prohibited by F14any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.

F258A

This section does not affect a power to disclose which exists apart from this section.

8B

This section applies to information obtained before the coming into force of subsection (10) as well as to information obtained after the coming into force of that subsection.

9

A designated function is a function which the Secretary of State thinks is a function of a public nature and which he designates by order.

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In this section F12“relevant authority” has the same meaning as in section 435.