{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-act-1998/section-17A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-act-1998/section-17A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/37",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Disorder Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-act-1998",
  "path": "section/17A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17A",
  "heading": "Sharing of information",
  "text": "(1) A relevant authority is under a duty to disclose to all other relevant authorities any information held by the authority which is of a prescribed description, at such intervals and in such form as may be prescribed.\n(2) In subsection (1) “prescribed” means prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State.\n(3) The Secretary of State may only prescribe descriptions of information which appears to him to be of potential relevance in relation to the reduction of crime and disorder in any area of England and Wales (including anti-social or other behaviour adversely affecting the local environment in that area).\n(4) Nothing in this section requires a relevant authority to disclose any personal data (within the meaning of Parts 5 to 7 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(2) and (14) of that Act)).\n(5) In this section “relevant authority” means an authority in England and Wales which is for the time being a relevant authority for the purposes of section 115.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 17A inserted (1.8.2007 for E. and 19.11.2007 for W.) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 22, 53(1)(a), Sch. 9 para. 5; S.I. 2007/1614, art 3(b); S.I. 2007/3073, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 17A(4) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 45 (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 17A: functions made exercisable concurrently (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 25 (with art. 28)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 17A: functions made exercisable concurrently (30.1.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(2), 26"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 17A: functions made exercisable concurrently (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 24(1)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 17A: functions made exercisable concurrently (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 32"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 17A: functions made exercisable concurrently (7.5.2024) by The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/402), arts. 1(3), 51 (with art. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 17A: functions made exercisable concurrently (5.2.2025) by The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/118), regs. 1(2), 19"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 17A: functions made exercisable concurrently (5.2.2025) by The Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/115), regs. 1(2), 17"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "S. 17A: functions made exercisable concurrently (5.2.2025) by The Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/113), arts. 1(2), 26"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "S. 17A: functions made exercisable concurrently (5.2.2025) by The Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/117), regs. 1(2), 29"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "S. 17A: functions made exercisable concurrently (24.2.2026) by The Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/158), arts. 1(2), 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "S. 17A: functions made exercisable concurrently (24.2.2026) by The Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/159), arts. 1(2), 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "S. 17A: functions made exercisable concurrently (26.3.2026) by The Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/362), regs. 1(2), 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C13",
      "text": "S. 17A: functions made exercisable concurrently (4.6.2026) by The Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/595), regs. 1(2), 14"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/37/section/17A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:25.156552+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}