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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-and-contracting-out-act-1994/schedule-15/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation_title": "Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994",
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  "text": "The enactment or obligation shall not prevent or penalise the disclosure of relevant information—\n(a) between contractor A or an employee of his and authority A or an authorised officer of that authority;\n(b) between contractor A and an employee of his or between one such employee and another; or\n(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,\nif 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.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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