The Communications Act 2003 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order extends the circumstances in which information with respect to a particular business obtained by the Office of Communications in exercise of its functions under the Communications Act 2003(“the 2003 Act”) and the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 may be disclosed to another public body. Section 393(2)(b) of the 2003 Act provides that restrictions on disclosing such information imposed by section 393(1) do not apply to any disclosure of information which is made for the purposes of facilitating the carrying out by any relevant person of any relevant function.

Article 2 specifies the Information Commissioner, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Payment Systems Regulator as relevant persons for the purposes of section 393.

Article 3 specifies as relevant functions the functions under the Data Protection Act 1986, the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013, the Payment Services Regulations 2009 and the Companies Directors Disqualification Act 1986.