Part 2

Abandoned vehicles

Disclosure of information
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1
Any person who, apart from this section, would not have power to disclose information obtained in identifying the owner of a vehicle under section 4 (Disposal of abandoned vehicles) of the 1978 Act (in the application of that section in the area of a borough council) to—
a
a borough council;
b
Transport for London; or
c
a person acting on behalf of a borough council or Transport for London,
shall have power to do so in any case where the disclosure is necessary for the purposes of enforcing any provision of the enactments specified in subsection (2) below.
2
The enactments are—
a
sections 3 to 5 (Abandoned vehicles) of the 1978 Act;
b
Part II (Traffic in London) of the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40);
c
Part II (Bus lanes) of the London Local Authorities Act 1996 (c. ix); and
d
sections 4 (Penalty charges for road traffic contraventions) and 5 (Contraventions of lorry ban order: supplementary) of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2003 (c. iii).