18. In section 22C (confidentiality)—
(a)in subsection (2)—
(i)omit paragraph (b) (but not the final “and”);
(ii)in paragraph (c)—
(aa)in sub-paragraph (i), for “another” substitute “a”;
(bb)in sub-paragraph (ii), for “by a Directive-rights national” substitute “in reliance on section 4(2A)”;
(b)in subsection (4), for the words from “which,” to the end substitute “which in the course of the carrying out of the authority’s functions under section 4 or 4A is disclosed by or on behalf of the authority to a competent authority of a relevant European State”.