# Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025, Section 71: Disclosure of information etc: interaction with external constraints

Extent: E+W

(1) This section applies in relation to any provision for the disclosure or obtaining of information made by or under this Part.
(2) The provision does not require or authorise any disclosure of information that is prohibited by any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
(3) The disclosure of information in accordance with the provision (as read subject to subsection (2)) does not breach—
(a) any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or
(b) any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).
(4) The provision does not require or authorise the disclosure or obtaining of information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings without the agreement of the person entitled to maintain that claim.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply in relation to the provisions of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as applied by section 7.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/28/section/71 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-authorities-fraud-error-and-recovery-act-2025/section-71
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