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28extent U.K. + Disclosure of informationU.K.

section 28 1 + (1)Any person may disclose information to the Security Industry Authority for the purposes of the exercise by the Security Industry Authority of any of its functions under this Part.

section 28 2 + (2)The Security Industry Authority may disclose information held in connection with the exercise of any of its functions under this Part to—

section 28 2 a + (a)any person for the purposes of the exercise by the Security Industry Authority of any of its functions under this Part;

section 28 2 b + (b)any person with functions of a public nature for the purposes of the exercise by that person of any of those functions.

section 28 3 + (3)A disclosure of information required or authorised by this Part does not breach—

section 28 3 a + (a)any obligation of confidence owed by the person disclosing the information, or

section 28 3 b + (b)any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).

section 28 4 + (4)But nothing in this Part requires or authorises a disclosure of information that—

section 28 4 a + (a)contravenes the data protection legislation, or

section 28 4 b + (b)is prohibited by any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.

section 28 5 + (5)In determining whether a disclosure would contravene the data protection legislation, the requirements imposed, and powers conferred, by this Part are to be taken into account.

section 28 6 + (6)term the data protection legislation + In this section “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).