The Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) (Isle of Man) Order 2000

Disclosure of information

10.—(1) No information furnished or document produced (including any copy or extract made of any document produced) by any person in pursuance of this Order shall be disclosed except—

(a) with the consent of the person by whom the information was furnished or the document was produced:

• Provided that a person who has obtained information or is in possession of a document only in his capacity as servant or agent of another person may not give consent for the purposes of this sub-paragraph but such consent may instead be given by any person who is entitled to that information or to possession of that document in his own right;

(b) to any person holding or acting in any office under or in the service of—

(i) the Crown in respect of the Government of the United Kingdom,

(ii) the Government of the Isle of Man,

(iii) the States of Guernsey or Alderney or the Chief Pleas of Sark,

(iv) the States of Jersey, or

(v) the Government of any territory listed in the Schedule to this Order;

(c) on the authority of the Treasury, to—

(i) any organ of the United Nations or any person in the service of the United Nations, or

(ii) the Government of, or any competent authority in, any other country or territory,

for the purpose of assisting the United Nations or that Government or authority in securing compliance with or detecting evasion of measures in relation to Iraq decided upon by the Security Council of the United Nations;

(d) with a view to the initiation of, or otherwise for the purposes of, any investigation into the commission or possible commission of an offence under this Order; or

(e) with a view to the institution of, or otherwise for the purposes of, any proceedings for an offence under this Order.

(2) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, discloses information or a document in contravention of paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence.