# The Deregulation and Contracting Out (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, Paragraph 3


(1) This ,paragraph applies where another person ( “contractor B”) is authorised to exercise the relevant function or a related function.
(2) The enactment or obligation does not prevent or penalise the disclosure of relevant information by contractor A or an employee of his, or authority A or an authorised officer of that authority, to contractor B or an employee of his, if—
(a) the disclosure is necessary or expedient for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of the relevant function or a related function; and
(b) where the disclosure is by contractor A or an employee of his, the disclosure falls within a description of disclosures certified by authority A (whether in the authorisation or otherwise) to be capable of being so necessary or expedient.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1632/schedule/4/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-and-contracting-out-northern-ireland-order-1996/schedule-4/paragraph-3
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