{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-asylum-and-nationality-act-2006/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-asylum-and-nationality-act-2006/section-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/13",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-asylum-and-nationality-act-2006",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Disclosure to law enforcement agencies",
  "text": "(1) A chief officer of police may disclose information obtained in accordance with section 32 or 33 to—\n(a) the States of Jersey police force;\n(b) the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey;\n(c) the Isle of Man constabulary;\n(d) any other foreign law enforcement agency.\n(2) In subsection (1) “foreign law enforcement agency” means a person outside the United Kingdom with functions similar to functions of—\n(a) a police force in the United Kingdom, or\n(b) the National Crime Agency .\n(3) In subsection (1) “chief officer of police” means—\n(a) in England and Wales, the chief officer of police for a police area specified in section 1 of the Police Act 1996,\n(b) in Scotland, the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland, and\n(c) in Northern Ireland, the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(2)(b) substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 186; S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(3)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 50(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 39 modified by SI 1993/1813, Sch. 4 para. 3A(f) (as inserted (2.1.2008) by Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3579), arts. 1, 2(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 39 extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (12.10.2011) by The Immigration (Guernsey) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2444), arts. 1, 4, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 39 extended in part (Jersey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art.1(1)) by The Immigration (Jersey) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1763), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 39 in force at 1.3.2008 by S.I. 2007/3138, art. 3(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/13/section/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:51.061548+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."
}