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Article 19 Exchange of information

England and Wales

(1)

The Secretary of State, the Welsh Ministers, the Commissioners, any local authority or port health authority may exchange information for the purpose of this Order and may divulge information to the enforcement authorities of Scotland and Northern Ireland for the purposes of this Order or the equivalent provision in those jurisdictions

(2)

Paragraph (1) is without prejudice to any other power of the Secretary of State, the Welsh Ministers, the Commissioners, the local authority or port health 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 its disclosure.