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PART IIIN.I.HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES – GENERAL

MiscellaneousN.I.

Disclosure of information by the Commissioner for ComplaintsN.I.

50.  In Article 21 of the Commissioner for Complaints (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 7) (disclosure of information by Commissioner) paragraph (1A) shall be omitted and for paragraphs (1B) and (1C) there shall be substituted—

(1B) Where information is to the effect that any person ( “the subject”) is likely to constitute a threat to the health or safety of any other person ( “the person at risk”), the Commissioner may disclose that information to any person to whom the Commissioner thinks it should be disclosed in the interests of the health or safety of the person at risk.

(1C) If the Commissioner discloses information as permitted by paragraph (1B) he shall—

(a)where he knows the identity of the subject, inform the subject—

(i)that he has disclosed the information; and

(ii)of the identity of any person to whom he has disclosed it; and

(b)inform the person from whom the information was obtained that he has disclosed it. .