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Section 437: Further disclosure

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 · 2002 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 10: Information

Subsection (2) applies to information obtained under section 436 from the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or from the Commissioners of Customs and Excise or from a person acting on behalf of either of them.

Such information must not be further disclosed except—

for a purpose connected with the exercise of a relevant authority's functions under, or in relation to, Part 5 or 8 , and
with the consent of the Commissioners concerned.

Consent under subsection (2) may be given—

in relation to a particular disclosure;
in relation to disclosures made in circumstances specified or described in the consent.

The power to consent to further disclosure under subsection (2)(b) may be delegated (either generally or for a specified purpose)—

in the case of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, to an officer of the Board of Inland Revenue;
in the case of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, to a customs officer.

Subsection (6) applies to information obtained under section 436 from a permitted person other than the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or the Commissioners of Customs and Excise or a person acting on behalf of either of them.

A permitted person who discloses such information to a relevant authority may make the disclosure subject to such conditions as to further disclosure by the authority as the permitted person thinks appropriate; and the information must not be further disclosed in contravention of the conditions.

In this section "relevant authority" has the same meaning as in section 435.

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