Information which is held by or on behalf of a permitted person (whether obtained before or after this section comes into force) may be disclosed to the Board for the purposes of enabling or assisting the Board to exercise its functions (whether as an approved regulator, a licensing authority or otherwise).
A disclosure under this section is not to be taken to breach any restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).
But nothing in this section authorises the making of a disclosure—
This section does not affect a power to disclose which exists apart from this section.
The following are permitted persons—
The Lord Chancellor may by order designate as permitted persons other persons who exercise functions which the Lord Chancellor considers are of a public nature (including a person discharging regulatory functions in relation to any description of activities).
Information must not be disclosed under this section on behalf of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs unless the Commissioners authorise the disclosure.
The power to authorise a disclosure under subsection (7) may be delegated (either generally or for a specific purpose) to an officer of Revenue and Customs.
In this section, "the data protection legislation" has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).