Paragraph 2

The enactment or obligation shall not prevent or penalise the disclosure of relevant information—

(a)

between contractor A or an employee of his and authority A or an authorised officer of that authority;

(b)

between contractor A and an employee of his or between one such employee and another; or

(c)

where the relevant function has been delegated to authority A by another Minister, office-holder or local authority (authority B), between contractor A or an employee of his and authority B or an authorised officer of that authority,

if the disclosure is necessary or expedient in or in connection with, or for the purpose of facilitating, the exercise of the relevant function or a related function, or the performance of ancillary services.

Notes on Schedule 15

Modifications

C1: Sch. 15 modified (3.1.1995) by 1984 c. 58, s. 43C (as inserted (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 76, 82(2), Sch. 16 para. 7)
C2: Sch. 15 applied by 1998 c. 37, s. 1F(7)(c) (as inserted (E.W.) (1.7.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 142(1), 178(8); S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(s))
C3: Sch. 15 applied (E.W.) (31.5.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 85(4), 107(6)(a); S.I. 2006/1382, art. 2
C4: Sch. 15 applied by 2003 c. 38, s. 28A(7) (as inserted (1.8.2007 for E.) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 25, 53(1); S.I. 2007/1614, art. 3(a))
C5: Sch. 15 applied (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 21(4), 324(3); S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 2
C6: Sch. 15 applied (1.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 171(4), 324(3) (with ss. 172(3), 185); S.I. 2011/556, art. 2(2)(e)
C7: Sch. 15 applied (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), ss. 8(4), 57(1); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)
C8: Sch. 15 applied (E.W.) (1.4.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 79(8), 127(1); S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(t) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)