# Finance Act 1999, Section 137: National Savings Bank: disclosure of information.


The following shall be inserted after section 12(2) of the National Savings Bank Act 1971 (secrecy)—
“(2A) Subsection (1) above shall not prevent the disclosure, by a person authorised by the Director of Savings, of information to any person for a permitted purpose.
(2B) A permitted purpose is a purpose connected with the provision of information about—
(a) the business of the National Savings Bank;
(b) any other means by which money is raised under the auspices of, by or through the Director of Savings.
(2C) A person to whom information is disclosed in pursuance of subsection (2A) above shall not—
(a) use the information for a purpose other than a permitted purpose;
(b) disclose the information to any other person.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/16/section/137 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1999/section-137
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