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Part 5U.K.Social security: general

Information-sharing: Secretary of State and DPPE+W

128Information-sharing between Secretary of State and DPPE+W

(1)The Secretary of State may supply social security information [F1or child support information] to a person specified in subsection (2) for use for a purpose specified in subsection (3).

(2)The persons referred to in subsection (1) are—

(a)the Director of Public Prosecutions;

(b)a person appointed under section 5 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (conduct of prosecutions on behalf of Crown Prosecution Service).

(3)The purposes referred to in subsection (1) are—

(a)the institution or conduct of criminal proceedings which relate wholly or partly to social security matters [F2or child support];

(b)the giving of advice to any person on any matter relating to criminal proceedings, or criminal offences, which relate wholly or partly to social security matters [F2or child support];

(c)the exercise in relation to social security matters [F3or child support] of functions assigned to the Director of Public Prosecutions under section 3(2)(g) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985;

(d)the exercise of functions of the Director of Public Prosecutions under Part 2, 5 or 8 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

(4)The reference in subsection (1) to the Secretary of State includes a person providing services to the Secretary of State.

(5)This section does not limit the circumstances in which information may be supplied apart from this section.

(6)In this section—