# Building Safety Act 2022, Paragraph 17: Information

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Construction products regulations may, in connection with the exercise by relevant authorities of their construction product functions, make provision for and in relation to—
(a) the provision of information by relevant authorities to—
(i) other relevant authorities, or
(ii) persons specified, or of a description specified, in construction products regulations;
(b) the provision of information to relevant authorities by—
(i) persons specified, or of a description specified, in construction products regulations, or
(ii) other persons identified by relevant authorities.
(2) Provision under sub-paragraph (1) may include provision—
(a) as to the circumstances in which information may or must be provided (which may include circumstances in which the information could not otherwise have been lawfully provided or disclosed);
(b) as to how information may or must be provided;
(c) as to the uses to which information provided may be put;
(d) for the purpose of preventing the further disclosure of information (including provision for the creation of criminal offences);
(e) for the purpose of securing that there is (taking into account any power or duty to provide information under the regulations) no contravention of the data protection legislation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30/schedule/11/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-act-2022/schedule-11/paragraph-17
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