SCHEDULES

C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8 SCHEDULE 15 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Sch. 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)

C2

Sch. 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))

C4

Sch. 15 applied by 2003 c. 38, s. 28A(7) (as inserted (1.8.2007 for E.) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 25, 53(1); S.I. 2007/1614, art. 3(a))

C8

Sch. 15 applied (E.W.) (1.4.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 79(8), 127(1); S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(t) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)

Preliminary

1

1

Paragraphs 2 to 5, 7 and 8 below apply where—

a

a person (contractor A) is authorised, whether by virtue of an order made under section 69 or 70 above or otherwise, to exercise any function (the relevant function) of a Minister, office-holder or local authority (authority A); and

b

the disclosure of relevant information, that is, information obtained, whether before or after the commencement of this Part of this Act, in or in connection with the exercise of the relevant function or a related function, is restricted by any enactment or by any obligation of confidentiality.

2

Paragraphs 6 to 8 below apply where—

a

a person (contractor A) is authorised, whether by virtue of an order made under section 69 or 70 above or otherwise, to exercise any function (the relevant function) of a Minister, office-holder or local authority (authority A); and

b

the disclosure of relevant information, that is, information obtained, whether before or after the commencement of this Part of this Act, in or in connection with the exercise of any function of another Minister, office-holder or local authority (authority E), is restricted by any enactment or by any obligation of confidentiality.