Regulation 26 Exchange of information

England and Wales

(1)

The Commissioners, the Agency and any enforcement authority may exchange information for the purposes of the Import Provisions, and may divulge information to the bodies defined as enforcement authorities in the provisions corresponding to Part 3 of these Regulations in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland for the purposes of the Import Provisions or the provisions corresponding to the Import Provisions in those jurisdictions.

(2)

Paragraph (1) is without prejudice to any other power of the Commissioners, the Agency or any enforcement authority to disclose information.

(3)

No person, including a servant of the Crown, may disclose any information received from the Commissioners under paragraph (1) if –

(a)

the information relates to a person whose identity–

(i)

is specified in the disclosure, or

(ii)

can be deduced from the disclosure;

(b)

the disclosure is for a purpose other than the purposes specified in paragraph (1); and

(c)

the Commissioners have not given their prior consent to the disclosure.

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: 1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51).
F2: S.I. 2003/2901.
F3: S.I. 1972/1811.
F4: S.I. 1999/2027.
F5: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).