Prospective
(1)An appropriate authority must co-operate with the Archbishops’ Council and with the redress body (unless the Council is the redress body)—
(a)with a view to entering into an agreement for the disclosure of information which will better enable the redress body to exercise functions for the purposes of this Measure, and
(b)otherwise in connection with such disclosure.
(2)The redress body may for the purposes of this Measure by notice require an appropriate authority or some other person (but not an applicant for redress) to provide it on or before the date specified with—
(a)information, documents, objects or other items of evidence;
(b)evidence in the form of a written statement.
(3)The Archbishops’ Council may put in place arrangements for enabling a person to whom a notice under subsection (2) is given to object to the notice on the grounds that—
(a)the person is unable to comply with the notice, or
(b)it is not reasonable in all the circumstances to require the person to comply with the notice.
(4)The rules may make provision as to—
(a)grounds on which an objection under subsection (3) may be made;
(b)the procedure to be followed in making the objection;
(c)the procedure to be followed and the steps that may be taken on determining the objection.
(5)The rules may make provision enabling the redress body to disclose to specified persons for specified purposes information provided to it in response to a notice under subsection (2).
(6)A notice under subsection (2) does not have effect to the extent that—
(a)complying with the notice would involve the disclosure of information which would contravene the data protection legislation, or
(b)the person to whom the notice applies would be entitled to refuse to comply with the notice in or for the purposes of proceedings in a court in England and Wales.
(7)A reference in this section to the disclosure or provision of information does not include a reference to the disclosure or provision of personal data unless the person who would disclose or produce the data is the controller in relation to it.
(8)In this section, “controller”, “personal data” and “the data protection legislation” each have the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018.
Commencement Information
I1S. 26 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 33(3)