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[F119AADisclosure of informationE+W

(1)A civil registration official may, subject to this section, disclose any information held in connection with any of the official's functions to—

(a)a specified public authority (see section 19AB), or

(b)any other civil registration official.

(2)A civil registration official may disclose information under this section only if the official is satisfied that the authority or civil registration official to whom it is disclosed (the “recipient”) requires the information to enable the recipient to exercise one or more of the recipient's functions.

(3)A disclosure under this section does not breach any obligation of confidence owed by the civil registration official making the disclosure.

(4)The power to disclose information under this section is subject to any express restriction on disclosure imposed by another enactment (ignoring any restriction which allows disclosure if authorised by an enactment).

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

(6)Civil registration official” means—

(a)the Registrar General;

(b)a superintendent registrar of births, deaths and marriages;

(c)a registrar of births and deaths;

(d)a registrar of marriages;

(e)each of the following in its capacity as a registration authority within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (see section 28 of that Act)—

(i)a county council in England;

(ii)the council of any district in England comprised in an area for which there is no county council;

(iii)a London borough council;

(iv)the Common Council of the City of London;

(v)the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(vi)a county council in Wales;

(vii)a county borough council in Wales.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 19AA-19AC inserted (31.7.2017 for specified purposes, 1.5.2018 in so far as not already in force except for the purposes of N.I.) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), ss. 46(2), 119(4); S.I. 2017/765, reg, 2(o); S.I. 2018/382, reg. 3(k)

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