An NCA officer must not disclose intelligence service information unless the relevant authority consents to the disclosure.

If an NCA officer has disclosed intelligence service information to a person, that person must not further disclose that information unless the relevant authority consents to the disclosure.

In this paragraph—

• “intelligence service” means—

  1. a

     the Security Service,

  2. b

     the Secret Intelligence Service, or

  3. c

     GCHQ (which has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 1994);

• “intelligence service information” means information obtained from an intelligence service or a person acting on behalf of an intelligence service;

• “relevant authority” means—

  1. a

     the Director-General of the Security Service (in the case of information obtained by the NCA from that Service or a person acting on its behalf);

  2. b

     the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (in the case of information obtained by the NCA from that Service or a person acting on its behalf);

  3. c

     the Director of GCHQ (in the case of information obtained from GCHQ or a person acting on its behalf).