Section 6: Information gateways

Immigration Act 2016 · 2016 c. 19View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Labour market and illegal working — CHAPTER 1: Labour market

A person may disclose information to the Director or a relevant staff member if the disclosure is made for the purposes of the exercise of any function of the Director.

Information obtained by the Director or a relevant staff member in connection with the exercise of any function of the Director may be used by the Director or a relevant staff member in connection with the exercise of any other function of the Director.

The Director or a relevant staff member may disclose information obtained in connection with the exercise of any function of the Director to a specified person if the disclosure is made for the purposes of the exercise of any function of the specified person.

"Specified person" means a person specified in Schedule 1 (persons to whom Director etc may disclose information).

The Secretary of State may by regulations amend Schedule 1.

In this section, "relevant staff member" means a member of staff provided to the Director under section 1(4).

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