Paragraph 6 General power to disclose information

(1)

The Treasury may disclose any information obtained by them in exercise of their powers under these Regulations (including any document so obtained and any copy or extract made of any document so obtained)—

(a)

to a police officer;

(b)

to any person holding or acting in any office under or in the service of—

(i)

the Crown in right of the Government of the United Kingdom;

(ii)

the Crown in right of the Scottish Administration, the Government of Northern Ireland or the Welsh Assembly Government;

(iii)

the States of Jersey, Guernsey or Alderney or the Chief Pleas of Sark;

(iv)

the Government of the Isle of Man;

(v)

the Government of any British overseas territory;

(c)

to the Legal Services Commission or, in Scotland, the Legal Aid Board;

(d)

to the Financial Services Authority, the Jersey Financial Services Commission, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, or the Isle of Man Insurance and Pensions Authority and Financial Supervision Commission;

(e)

for the purpose of giving assistance or cooperation, pursuant to the Council Regulation, to any person in the service of the Council of the European Union, the European Commission or the government of any country;

(f)

with a view to instituting, or otherwise for the purposes of, any proceedings—

(i)

in the United Kingdom, for an offence under these Regulations; or

(ii)

in any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any British overseas territory, for an offence under a similar provision in any such jurisdiction; or

(g)

with the consent of a person who, in their own right, is entitled to the information or to the possession of the document, copy or extract, to any third party.

(2)

In this paragraph, “in their own right” means not merely in the capacity of a servant or agent of another person.