Information held by a public authority in connection with the authority's functions may be disclosed to another person for the purposes of research which is being or is to be carried out.
If the information is personal information it may not be disclosed under subsection (1) unless the following conditions are met.
The first condition is that, if the information identifies a particular person, it is processed before it is disclosed so that—
For the purposes of the first condition the information may be processed by—
(subject to the following provisions of this Chapter).
Personal information may be disclosed for the purpose of processing it for disclosure under subsection (1)—
The second condition is that each person who is involved in processing the information for disclosure takes reasonable steps to—
The third condition is that the disclosure is made by the public authority or by a person, other than the public authority, who is involved in processing the information for disclosure under subsection (1).
The fourth condition is that the research for the purposes of which the information is disclosed is accredited under section 71.
The fifth condition is that the following are accredited under section 71—
The sixth condition is that each person who discloses the information or is involved in processing it for disclosure under subsection (1) has regard to the code of practice under section 70 in doing so.
For the purposes of this Chapter information is "personal information" if—
For the purposes of this Chapter information identifies a particular person if the identity of that person—
This section is subject to section 65.