Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019

18 Supply and use of information by enforcement authorities

(1) If an enforcement authority requests information from another enforcement authority, that other authority must comply with the request unless it considers that doing so would be incompatible with the exercise of its functions (including functions exercisable otherwise than under this Part).

(2) The information that may be requested of an enforcement authority under subsection (1) is information that has been obtained by that authority—

(a) under this section, or

(b) otherwise in the exercise of its functions under this Part.

(3) An enforcement authority may use information within subsection (5)(a), (b) or (c) for any purpose connected to the exercise of the authority’s functions under this Part.

(4) An enforcement authority may, in addition, use information within subsection (5)(a) or (b) for any purpose connected to the exercise of any of its functions under Part 1 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 7) (“the 2014 Act”).

(5) The information is information—

(a) that has been supplied to it by another enforcement authority under subsection (1);

(b) that has otherwise been obtained by the enforcement authority in the exercise of its functions under this Part;

(c) that, by virtue of section 36 of the 2014 Act, it is permitted to use for purposes connected to the exercise of its functions under Part 1 of that Act.

(6) Section 17(2) does not apply in relation to the functions conferred on an enforcement authority by this section.