Section 49 shall not prevent the disclosure of information—
with a view to the institution, or otherwise for the purposes, of any criminal proceedings;
with a view to the institution, or otherwise for the purposes, of any civil proceedings arising under or by virtue of this Act;
in a summary or collection of information framed in such a way as not to enable the identity of any person to whom the information relates to be ascertained; or
in pursuance of any Community obligation.
Section 49 shall not prevent the disclosure of information for the purpose of enabling or assisting—
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the Board to discharge any of its functions;
the Law Society, the General Council of the Bar, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers or the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury to discharge any of its functions;
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a recognised investment exchange or a recognised clearing house (both within the meaning given by section 285 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) to discharge any of its functions;
the Bank of England to discharge any of its functions;
the Financial Services Authority to discharge its functions under the legislation relating to friendly societies or to industrial and provident societies, under the Building Societies Act 1986 or under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
the Secretary of State or the Treasury to discharge any function conferred by this Act, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 or any enactment relating to competition, companies or insolvency;
the competent authority for the purposes of Part 6 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to discharge its functions under that Part;
a person appointed under—
section 167 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (general investigations),
section 168 of that Act (investigations in particular cases),
section 169(1)(b) of that Act (investigation in support of overseas regulator),
section 284 of that Act (investigations into affairs of certain collective investment schemes), or
regulations made as a result of section 262(2)(k) of that Act (investigations into open-ended investment companies),
to conduct an investigation to discharge his functions;
any inspector appointed by the Secretary of State under this Act or any enactment relating to competition, companies or insolvency to discharge his functions under that enactment;
a body designated under section 326(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to discharge its functions in its capacity as a body designated under that section;
an official receiver to discharge any of his functions under any enactment relating to insolvency;
a body which is a recognised professional body under section 391 of the Insolvency Act 1986 to discharge any of its functions as such a body;
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the OFT to discharge any of its functions under—
this Act;
the Fair Trading Act 1973 . . . ;
the Consumer Credit Act 1974;
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the Estate Agents Act 1979;
the Competition Act 1980;
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the Competition Act 1998;
the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
the Enterprise Act 2002;
the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008;
the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008;
the Competition Commission to discharge any of its functions under the Fair Trading Act 1973 and , the Competition Act 1980 and the Competition Act 1998;
the Scottish Conveyancing and Executry Services Board to discharge any of its functions;
an authority in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom to discharge any functions corresponding to—
the functions of the Board, . . . or the Financial Services Authority; or
those functions of the Secretary of State mentioned in paragraph (g);
the Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal to discharge any of its functions under the Insolvency Act 1986;
the Financial Services Tribunal to discharge any function it has in relation to proceedings before it by virtue of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Transitional Provisions) (Partly Completed Procedures) Order 2001;
the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal to discharge any of its functions.
the Pensions Regulator Tribunal to discharge any of its functions.
Subject to subsection (4), section 49 shall not prevent the disclosure of information for the purpose of enabling or assisting any public or other authority for the time being designated for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State to discharge any functions which are specified in the order.
An order under subsection (3) designating an authority for the purposes of this section may—
impose conditions subject to which the disclosure of information is permitted by subsection (3); and
otherwise restrict the circumstances in which disclosure is permitted.
Where information has been disclosed by one person (“the first person") to another, by virtue of subsection (2), section 49 shall not prevent that other person from disclosing that information to any person to whom it could have been disclosed by the first person by virtue of subsection (2).
The Secretary of State may by order modify the application of any provision of this section so as—
to prevent the disclosure of information by virtue of that provision; or
to restrict the extent to which disclosure of information is permitted by virtue of that provision.