Local Government Investigations (Functions of Monitoring Officers and Standards Committees)(Wales) Regulations 2001

Restrictions on disclosure of information

5.—(1) Information obtained by a monitoring officer when conducting an investigation must not be disclosed unless:

(a) the disclosure is made for the purposes of enabling a monitoring officer or standards committee to perform their functions under these Regulations;

(b) the disclosure is made for the purpose of enabling a Local Commissioner in Wales to carry out his or her functions;

(c) the person to whom the information relates has consented to its disclosure;

(d) the information has previously been disclosed to the public with lawful authority;

(e) the disclosure is for the purposes of criminal proceedings in any part of the United Kingdom and the information in question was not obtained as a result of personal enquiries of the person subject to the criminal proceedings under Regulation 4 above; or

(f) the disclosure is made to the Audit Commission for the purposes of any function of the Audit Commission or an auditor under the Audit Commission Act 1998(1).

(2) In this Regulation and in Regulation 4 above, any reference to documents includes a reference to information held by means of a computer or in any other electronic form.

(1)

1998 c. 18.