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Section 94: Part 2: supply of information to Secretary of State etc. for verification

Sexual Offences Act 2003 · 2003 c. 42View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Notification and orders

This section applies to information notified to the police under—

section 83, 84 or 85, or
section 2(1) to (3) of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 (c. 51).

A person within subsection (3) may, for the purposes of the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of offences under this Part, supply information to which this section applies to—

the Secretary of State,
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a Northern Ireland Department, or
a person providing services to the Secretary of State ... or a Northern Ireland Department in connection with a relevant function,

for use for the purpose of verifying the information.

The persons are—

a chief officer of police (in Scotland, the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland),
the Director General of the National Crime Agency.

In relation to information supplied under subsection (2) to any person, the reference to verifying the information is a reference to—

checking its accuracy by comparing it with information held—
where the person is the Secretary of State ... or a Northern Ireland Department, by him or it in connection with the exercise of a relevant function, or
where the person is within subsection (2)(c), by that person in connection with the provision of services referred to there, and
compiling a report of that comparison.

Subject to subsection (6), the supply of information under this section is to be taken not to breach any restriction on the disclosure of information (however arising or imposed).

This section does not authorise the doing of anything that contravenes the data protection legislation.

This section does not affect any power existing apart from this section to supply information.

In this section—

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