Regulation 16 Exchange of information

Subject to—

(a)

the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998^f1;

(b)

sections 348 (restrictions on disclosure of confidential information by Authority etc), 349^f2 (exceptions from section 348) and 352^f3 (offences) of the 2000 Act (as applied with modifications by paragraph 4 of the Schedule to these Regulations); and

(c)

any other applicable restrictions on the disclosure of information,

the Authority may provide information to the competent authorities designated under Article 9 of the Community Regulation for the purposes of co-operating with them to resolve disputes relating to cross-border payments.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1998 c. 29.
f2: Subsections (3A) and (3B) were inserted by the Companies Act 2006, section 964(1) and (4).
f3: Amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2003, section 280(2), Schedule 26, paragraph 54, from a date to be appointed.