Regulation 263 Legal proceedings, inquiries and investigations

(1)

Regulation 255 does not prohibit a disclosure of protected information for the purposes of—

(a)

any legal proceedings;

(b)

an investigation under section 20;

(c)

any report of such proceedings or investigation.

(2)

Regulation 255 does not prohibit a disclosure of protected information which is made—

(a)

by the regulator or an inspector, and

(b)

for any of the purposes specified in section 17(2)(a) to (d) (criminal proceedings and investigation) of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001^f1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2001 c. 24.