# The Co-ordination of Regulatory Enforcement Regulations 2017, Regulation 12: Procedure for references to the Secretary of State - Confidentiality and disclosure


(1) The Secretary of State cannot be required to treat information disclosed in connection with an application for consent to a reference or in connection with a reference as confidential.
(2) No person may use any information received in connection with a reference or an application for consent to a reference for any other purpose without the consent of the Secretary of State and all other parties.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/835/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/co-ordination-of-regulatory-enforcement-regulations-2017/regulation-12
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.