Paragraph 7 I1

United Kingdom

(1)

The Treasury may disclose any information given or documentation produced under this Order (including any copy or extract made of any such document)—

(a)

to a police officer;

(b)

to any person holding or acting in any office under or in the service of—

(i)

the Crown in right of the Government of the United Kingdom,

(ii)

the Crown in right of the Scottish Government, the Northern Ireland Executive or the Welsh Government,

(iii)

the States of Jersey, Guernsey or Alderney or the Chief Pleas of Sark,

(iv)

the Government of the Isle of Man, or

(v)

the Government of any British overseas territory;

(c)

to any law officer of the Crown for Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man;

(d)

to the Scottish Legal Aid Board;

(e)

to the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the Bank of England, the Jersey Financial Services Commission, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission or the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority;

(f)

to any other regulatory body.

(2)

The purpose of a disclosure referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is limited to the taking of any action with a view to instituting, or otherwise for the purposes of, any proceedings—

(a)

in the United Kingdom, for an offence under this Order, or

(b)

in any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any British overseas territory, for an offence under a similar provision in any such jurisdiction.

(3)

The Treasury may disclose any information obtained by them pursuant to this Order to any person with the consent of a person who, in their own right, is entitled to the information or to possession of the document, copy or extract.

(4)

In sub-paragraph (3) “in their own right” means not merely in the capacity as a servant or agent of another person.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. para. 7 in force at 19.1.2020, see art. 1(1)