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Section 9A Exceptions from section 9.F1

United Kingdom

(1)

Nothing in section nine of this Act shall prevent or penalise the disclosure by the Secretary of State of information obtained under this Act—

(a)

to the Environment AgencyF2, the Natural Resources Body for Wales or the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; or

(b)

to an officer of F3any of those bodies authorised by that body to receive the information.

(2)

A person to whom information is disclosed in pursuance of the last foregoing subsection shall not use the information for any purpose other than the purposes of any functions of the F4body in question.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 9A inserted (1.2.1996) by Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), ss. 120(1), 125(3), Sch. 22 para. 2 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 2

F2

Words in s. 9A(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(2)(a) (with Sch. 7)

F3

Words in s. 9A(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(2)(b) (with Sch. 7)

F4

Word in s. 9A(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(3) (with Sch. 7)