{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-economy-act-2017/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-economy-act-2017/section-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/30",
  "legislation_title": "Digital Economy Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-economy-act-2017",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Disclosure of information by water and sewerage undertakers etc",
  "text": "(1) If the condition in subsection (2) is met, a person to whom information may be disclosed under section 38 may disclose information held by that person to a specified person.\n(2) That condition is that the disclosure is for the purpose of assisting eligible people (see section 38(9A)) in England and Wales by—\n(a) reducing their water or sewerage costs,\n(b) improving efficiency in their use of water, or\n(c) improving their health or financial well-being.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(2) substituted (24.4.2025) by Water (Special Measures) Act 2025 (c. 5), ss. 13(6), 17(5)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Ch. 1: functions made exercisable concurrently (30.9.2020) by The Transfer of Functions (Digital Government) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/940), arts. 1(2), 2 (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 39 in force at 1.4.2018 for specified purposes by S.I. 2018/342, reg. 3(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 39 in force at 1.5.2018 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2018/382, reg. 3(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/30/section/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:20.126764+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}