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28Disclosure of informationU.K.

(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.

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

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

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

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

(a)any obligation of confidence owed by the person disclosing the information, or

(b)any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).

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

(a)contravenes the data protection legislation, or

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

(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.

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