Part 3Other measures to prevent or disrupt serious and other crime

Chapter 1Prevention of fraud

Sharing information with anti-fraud organisations

71Code of practice for disclosure of information to prevent fraud

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The Secretary of State must prepare, and keep under review, a code of practice with respect to the disclosure, for the purposes of preventing fraud or a particular kind of fraud, of information by public authorities as members of specified anti-fraud organisations or otherwise in accordance with any arrangements made by such organisations.

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Before preparing or altering the code, the Secretary of State must consult—

a

any specified anti-fraud organisation;

b

the Information Commissioner; and

c

such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

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A public authority must have regard to the code in (or in connection with) disclosing information, for the purposes of preventing fraud or a particular kind of fraud, as a member of a specified anti-fraud organisation or otherwise in accordance with any arrangements made by such an organisation.

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The Secretary of State must—

a

lay a copy of the code, and of any alterations to it, before Parliament; and

b

from time to time publish the code as for the time being in force.

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In this section—

  • “information” and “public authority” have the same meaning as in section 68;

  • F2“relevant public authority” has the meaning given by section 68(6); and

  • “specified anti-fraud organisation” means any person which is a specified anti-fraud organisation for the purposes of section 68.