16.—(1) Ministers may provide to a person specified in paragraph (2)—
(a)the name of each individual included in the children’s list;
(b)the name of each individual included in the adults’ list; and
(c)any other information contained in those lists which Ministers consider should be disclosed for any purpose mentioned in paragraph (3).
(2) The persons specified are—
(a)the chief officer of a police force in England and Wales;
(b)the National Policing Improvement Agency;
(c)the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;
(d)the Royal Navy Police;
(e)the Royal Military Police;
(f)the Royal Air Force Police;
(g)the Ministry of Defence Police;
(h)the British Transport Police;
(i)the Civil Nuclear Constabulary;
(j)the Serious Organised Crime Agency;
(k)the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre;
(l)the States of Jersey Police Force;
(m)the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey;
(n)the Isle of Man Constabulary; and
(o)the Garda Síochána.
(3) Information may only be provided to a person specified in paragraph (2) for the purposes of—
(a)the prevention or detection of crime; or
(b)the apprehension or prosecution of offenders.