Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 15 modified (3.1.1995) by 1984 c. 58, s. 43C (as inserted (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 76, 82(2), Sch. 16 para. 7)
C2Sch. 15 applied by 1998 c. 37, s. 1F(7)(c) (as inserted (E.W.) (1.7.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 142(1), 178(8); S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(s))
9(1)This paragraph applies where—U.K.
(a)any information is disclosed to any person in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 7 above (the original disclosure); and
(b)that person, or any other person to whom the information is subsequently so disclosed, discloses the information otherwise than in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 7 above (the unauthorised disclosure).
(2)If the original disclosure was restricted by an enactment, the enactment shall apply in relation to the person making the unauthorised disclosure as if—
(a)he had obtained the information by virtue of the same provision as the person who made the original disclosure; and
(b)where the enactment would not have restricted that disclosure if the person who made it had not fallen within a particular class, he fell within that class.
(3)If the original disclosure was restricted by an obligation, the person making the unauthorised disclosure shall be treated for all purposes as if he were subject to that obligation.