PART 2THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE WALES
Disclosure of information and confidentiality
27Confidentiality requirements: the OEGW
(1)
The OEGW must not disclose—
(a)
information obtained by virtue of provision mentioned in subsection (2),
(b)
correspondence between the OEGW and a public authority that relates to a particular information notice or compliance notice, or to the preparation of a particular improvement report, or
(c)
correspondence between the OEGW and a public authority that is, or contains, an information notice or compliance notice or an unpublished draft of an improvement report.
(2)
The provisions are—
(a)
section 15(1) (information notices);
(b)
section 20(10) (requirement to provide information that the OEGW reasonably requires for the purposes of a review of a compliance notice);
(c)
section 25(1) (public authority’s duty to co-operate with OEGW).
(3)
Subsection (1) does not apply to—
(a)
a disclosure mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) made with the consent of the public authority that provided the information or correspondence;
(b)
a disclosure made for purposes connected with the exercise of the OEGW’s functions;
(c)
a disclosure that relates only to a matter in relation to which the OEGW does not intend to take any further action under this Part;
(d)
a disclosure made for the purposes of civil proceedings;
(e)
a disclosure made for the purposes of a criminal investigation or criminal proceedings or for the purposes of the prevention or detection of crime;
(f)
a disclosure made in pursuance of an order of a court or tribunal;
(g)
a disclosure made in accordance with an enactment requiring or permitting the disclosure.