Part 2Notification and orders

Information for verification

95Part 2: supply of information by Secretary of State etc.

1

A report compiled under section 94 may be supplied by—

a

the Secretary of State,

b

a Northern Ireland Department, or

c

a person within section 94(2)(c),

to a person within subsection (2).

2

The persons are—

a

a chief officer of police (in Scotland, a chief constable),

F1b

the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

3

Such a report may contain any information held—

a

by the Secretary of State or a Northern Ireland Department in connection with the exercise of a relevant function, or

b

by a person within section 94(2)(c) in connection with the provision of services referred to there.

4

Where such a report contains information within subsection (3), the person within subsection (2) to whom it is supplied—

a

may retain the information, whether or not used for the purposes of the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of an offence under this Part, and

b

may use the information for any purpose related to the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of offences (whether or not under this Part), but for no other purpose.

5

Subsections (5) to (8) of section 94 apply in relation to this section as they apply in relation to section 94.