Regulation 12 Substitution of regulation 10 of the Information, Evidence and Disclosure Regulations

For regulation 10 of the Information, Evidence and Disclosure Regulations (disclosure of information to the Secretary of State) there shall be substituted the following regulations—

“ Disclosure of information by the Secretary of State

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(1)

The Secretary of State may disclose to a child support officer, in the circumstances set out in paragraph (2), information held by him for the purposes of the Act which has been provided by or in relation to a person in connection with an application for a maintenance assessment or in connection with an assessment which is or has been in force.

(2)

The information referred to in paragraph (1) may be disclosed for use in connection with any other application for a maintenance assessment or in connection with a review of a maintenance assessment which is or has been in force, in respect of which the person referred to in paragraph (1) is the absent parent, alleged absent parent or person with care.

Disclosure of information by a child support officer

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(1)

A child support officer may disclose to another child support officer or to the Secretary of State, in the circumstances set out in paragraph (2), information held by him for the purposes of the Act which has been provided by or in relation to a person in connection with an application for a maintenance assessment, in connection with a review of a maintenance assessment, or otherwise in connection with an assessment which is or has been in force.

(2)

The information referrred to in paragraph (1) may be disclosed for use in connection with any other application for a maintenance assessment, or in connection with any other review of a maintenance assessment, which is or has been in force, in respect of which the person referred to in paragraph (1) is the absent parent, alleged absent parent or person with care.”.