Part 7

Further provisions relating to the Board and the OLC

Disclosure and use of information

Restricted information
167
1
Except as provided by section 168, restricted information must not be disclosed—
a
by a restricted person, or
b
by any person who receives the information directly or indirectly from a restricted person.
2
In this section and section 168—
- “restricted information” means information (other than excluded information) which is obtained by the Board in the exercise of its functions;
- “restricted person” means—
  1. the Board (including the Board in its capacity as an approved regulator or a licensing authority),
  2. a person who exercises functions delegated under paragraph 23 of Schedule 1 or section 73 or by virtue of section 64(2)(k).
3
For the purposes of subsection (2) “excluded information” means—
a
information which is in the form of a summary or collection of information so framed as not to enable information relating to any particular person to be ascertained from it;
b
information which at the time of the disclosure is or has already been made available to the public from other sources;
c
information which was obtained more than 70 years before the date of the disclosure.
S. 167 wholly in force at 1.1.2010 see s. 211 and S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(e) (subject to art. 3(2) (as amended (30.9.2011) by S.I. 2011/2196, arts. 1(2), 5) and with art. 9)