PART 9

CO-OPERATION AND JOINT WORKING BY THE REGULATORY BODIES ETC.

Sharing information
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1
A regulatory body may provide information to another regulatory body or relevant authority in pursuance of an arrangement made under this Part to co-operate, jointly exercise functions or delegate functions.
2
Information must not be provided under subsection (1) to a regulatory body or relevant authority if the person holding the information is prohibited from providing it by any enactment or other rule of law.
3
In the case of information relating to an individual, the information may be provided to a regulatory body or relevant authority only if—
a
the information is provided in a form which does not identify the individual, or
b
the person holding the information obtains the individual’s consent to provide it.
4
For the purposes of subsection (3)(a), information is to be treated as being in a form which identifies an individual if the individual can be identified from a combination of—
a
the information, and
b
other information provided to a regulatory body or relevant authority by the same regulatory body.
5
Information provided in pursuance of an arrangement under this Part must be used by the person to whom it is provided only for the purposes of co-operating, jointly exercising functions or exercising delegated functions in pursuance of the arrangement.
6
This section does not affect the duty of the regulatory bodies to disclose information for the purposes of protecting the well-being of an individual.