Section 167 Restricted informationI1

England and Wales

(1)

Except as provided by section 168, restricted information must not be disclosed—

(a)

by a restricted person, or

(b)

by any person who receives the information directly or indirectly from a restricted person.

(2)

In this section and section 168—

“restricted information” means information (other than excluded information) which is obtained by the Board in the exercise of its functions;
“restricted person” means—
1. (a)
  the Board (including the Board in its capacity as an approved regulator or a licensing authority),
2. (b)
  a person who exercises functions delegated under paragraph 23 of Schedule 1 or section 73 or by virtue of section 64(2)(k).

(3)

For the purposes of subsection (2) “excluded information” means—

(a)

information which is in the form of a summary or collection of information so framed as not to enable information relating to any particular person to be ascertained from it;

(b)

information which at the time of the disclosure is or has already been made available to the public from other sources;

(c)

information which was obtained more than 70 years before the date of the disclosure.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 167 wholly in force at 1.1.2010 see s. 211 and S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(e) (subject to art. 3(2) (as amended (30.9.2011) by S.I. 2011/2196, arts. 1(2), 5) and with art. 9)