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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-and-contracting-out-northern-ireland-order-1996/schedule-4/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1996/1632",
  "legislation_title": "The Deregulation and Contracting Out (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
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  "number": "4",
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  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where another person ( “contractor C”) is authorised to exercise a function of another Department, Minister, office-holder or district council ( “authority C”).\n(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 C or an employee of his, if—\n(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 C;\n(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; and\n(c) the information could be lawfully disclosed, for that purpose, by authority A to authority C.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1632/schedule/4/paragraph/4",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}