The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011 (revoked)

General power to disclose information U.K.

5.—(1) The Treasury may disclose any information obtained by them in the exercise of their powers under these Regulations (including any document so obtained and any copy or extract made of any document so obtained)—

(a) to a police officer;

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

(i) the Crown in right of the Government of the United Kingdom;

(ii) the Crown in right of the Scottish Administration, the Northern Ireland Administration or the Welsh Assembly Government;

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

(iv) the Government of the Isle of Man; or

(v) the Government of any British overseas territory;

(c) to any law officer of the Crown for Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man;

(d) to F1 ... the Scottish Legal Aid Board or the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission;

(e) to [F2 the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority], the Jersey Financial Services Commission, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, the Isle of Man Insurance and Pensions Authority and the Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission;

(f) for the purpose of giving assistance or co-operation, pursuant to the Council Regulation, to—

(i) any organ of the United Nations, or

(ii) any person in the service of the United Nations, the Council of the European Union, the European Commission or the Government of any country;

(g) with a view to instituting, or otherwise for the purposes of, any proceedings—

(i) in the United Kingdom, for an offence under these Regulations, or

(ii) in any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any British overseas territory, for an offence under a similar provision in any such jurisdiction; or

(h) with the consent of a person who, in their own right, is entitled to the information or to possession of the document, copy or extract, to any third party.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(h) “in their own right” means not merely in the capacity as a servant or agent of another person.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. para. 5(1)(d) omitted (E.W.) (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/534), reg. 1, Sch. paras. 12(1), (2)(c)

F2 Words in Sch. para. 5(1)(e) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 207