{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-principles-governance-and-biodiversity-targets-wales-act-2026/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-principles-governance-and-biodiversity-targets-wales-act-2026/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/4",
  "legislation_title": "Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-principles-governance-and-biodiversity-targets-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Confidentiality requirements: the OEGW",
  "text": "(1) The OEGW must not disclose—\n(a) information obtained by virtue of provision mentioned in subsection (2),\n(b) correspondence between the OEGW and a public authority that relates to a particular information notice or compliance notice, or to the preparation of a particular improvement report, or\n(c) correspondence between the OEGW and a public authority that is, or contains, an information notice or compliance notice or an unpublished draft of an improvement report.\n(2) The provisions are—\n(a) section 15(1) (information notices);\n(b) section 20(10) (requirement to provide information that the OEGW reasonably requires for the purposes of a review of a compliance notice);\n(c) section 25(1) (public authority’s duty to co-operate with OEGW).\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to—\n(a) a disclosure mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) made with the consent of the public authority that provided the information or correspondence;\n(b) a disclosure made for purposes connected with the exercise of the OEGW’s functions;\n(c) a disclosure that relates only to a matter in relation to which the OEGW does not intend to take any further action under this Part;\n(d) a disclosure made for the purposes of civil proceedings;\n(e) a disclosure made for the purposes of a criminal investigation or criminal proceedings or for the purposes of the prevention or detection of crime;\n(f) a disclosure made in pursuance of an order of a court or tribunal;\n(g) a disclosure made in accordance with an enactment requiring or permitting the disclosure.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 27 in force at 27.4.2028 (conditional on an earlier day not being appointed by Welsh Ministers), see s. 46(4)(5)(6)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/4",
      "affecting_title": "Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/4/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:38.736045+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."
}