Valid from 07/10/2013
3(1)An NCA officer must not disclose social security information unless the relevant authority consents to the disclosure.U.K.
(2)If an NCA officer has disclosed social security information to a person, that person must not further disclose that information unless the relevant authority consents to the disclosure.
(3)In this paragraph—
“relevant authority” means—
(a)the Secretary of State (in the case of a disclosure or further disclosure of information held, when disclosed to the NCA, for the purposes of the functions of the Secretary of State);
(b)the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland (in the case of a disclosure or further disclosure of information held, when disclosed to the NCA, for the purposes of the functions of a Northern Ireland department);
“social security information” means information which, when disclosed to the NCA, was information held for the purposes of any of the following functions of the Secretary of State or a Northern Ireland Department—
(a)functions relating to social security, including functions relating to—
(i)statutory payments as defined in section 4C(11) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
(ii)maternity allowance under section 35 of that Act;
(iii)statutory payments as defined in section 4C(11) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
(iv)maternity allowance under section 35 of that Act;
(v)schemes and arrangements under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973;
(b)functions relating to the investigation and prosecution of offences relating to tax credits.