PART 1The Small Business Commissioner

Complaints scheme

I1I28Confidentiality

1

The Commissioner may not make a disclosure of information that the Commissioner considers is likely to cause someone to think that a particular person has made a complaint under the SBC complaints scheme, except where subsection (2) applies.

2

This subsection applies if—

a

the Commissioner has obtained the consent of the person concerned,

b

the disclosure is made by the Commissioner to the respondent in relation to the complaint or in a report published under section 6,

c

the disclosure is required for the purposes of any F1retained EU obligation,

d

the disclosure is required, under rules of court or rules of a tribunal, or an order of a court or tribunal, for the purposes of legal proceedings of any description, or

e

the information has already been made available to the public from other sources.