# Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, Paragraph 6


The enactment or obligation shall not prevent or penalise the disclosure of relevant information by authority E or an authorised officer of that authority to contractor A or an employee of his if—
(a) the disclosure is necessary or expedient for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of the relevant function, a related function or a function of authority E; and
(b) the information could be lawfully disclosed, for that purpose, by authority E to authority A.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/40/schedule/15/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-and-contracting-out-act-1994/schedule-15/paragraph-6
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