{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/schedule-9/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/schedule-9/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/38",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 1(2) does not apply to a disclosure made—\n(a) for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by the Secretary of State, the CAA or the Competition and Markets Authority of any of his or their functions under this Part;\n(b) for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by a person or body mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) of any of his or its functions under an enactment or instrument specified in sub-paragraph (3);\n(c) for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Secretary of State or the Treasury to exercise any powers conferred by the Financial Services Act 1986 or by the enactments relating to companies, insurance companies or insolvency;\n(d) for the purpose of enabling or assisting an inspector appointed under the enactments relating to companies to carry out his functions;\n(e) for the purpose of enabling or assisting an official receiver to carry out his functions under the enactments relating to insolvency or for the purpose of enabling or assisting a recognised professional body for the purposes of section 391 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or Article 350 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 to carry out its functions;\n(f) for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by ... the Health and Safety Executive of any of its functions under any enactment or of facilitating the carrying out by any enforcing authority (within the meaning of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974) of any functions under a relevant statutory provision (within the meaning of that Act);\n(fa) for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by the Office for Nuclear Regulation of any of its functions under any enactment;\n(g) for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by the Comptroller and Auditor General of any of his functions under any enactment;\n(h) in connection with the investigation of any criminal offence or for the purposes of any criminal proceedings;\n(i) for the purposes of any civil proceedings brought under or by virtue of this Part or any enactment or instrument specified in sub-paragraph (3);\n(j) in pursuance of a EU obligation;\n(k) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(l) by the Secretary of State, or with his consent, to an international organisation of which the United Kingdom is a member;\n(m) in connection with negotiations conducted by officers of the Secretary of State with representatives of the government of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;\n(n) in connection with the discharge of an obligation of the United Kingdom under international arrangements;\n(o) to a person to whom the information in question is required to be disclosed by regulations made in pursuance of section 7(2) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (special provisions as respects certain functions);\n(p) for the purposes of an investigation undertaken in pursuance of regulations made under section 75 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (investigation of accidents).\n(2) The persons and bodies are—\n(a) any Minister of the Crown;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) the Competition and Markets Authority;\n(d) the Office of Communications;\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(f) the Director General of Gas Supply;\n(g) the Water Services Regulation Authority;\n(h) the Director General of Electricity Supply;\n(i) the Coal Authority;\n(j) the CAA;\n(k) the Office of Rail and Road;\n(l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(m) a local weights and measures authority in Great Britain.\n(3) The enactments and instruments are—\n(a) the Trade Descriptions Act 1968;\n(b) the Fair Trading Act 1973;\n(c) the Consumer Credit Act 1974;\n(d) the Estate Agents Act 1979;\n(e) the Competition Act 1980;\n(f) the Telecommunications Act 1984;\n(g) the Airports Act 1986;\n(h) the Gas Act 1986;\n(i) the Insolvency Act 1986;\n(j) the Consumer Protection Act 1987;\n(k) the Electricity Act 1989;\n(l) the Broadcasting Act 1990;\n(m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(n) the Water Industry Act 1991;\n(o) the Water Resources Act 1991;\n(p) the Railways Act 1993;\n(q) the Coal Industry Act 1994;\n(qa) the Broadcasting Act 1996;\n(r) the Competition Act 1998;\n(ra) the Enterprise Act 2002;\n(rb) the Communications Act 2003;\n(rb) the Water Act 2003;\n(rd) the Railways Act 2005;\n(re) the Airport Charges Regulations 2011;\n(rf) Part 1 of the Civil Aviation Act 2012;\n(rg) Parts 3 and 4 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013;\n(rh) the Water Act 2014;\n(ri) the following provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024—\n(i) Part 3;\n(ii) Chapter 1 of Part 4;\n(iii) Chapter 2 of Part 5.\n(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(sa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(t) any subordinate legislation made for the purpose of securing compliance with Directive 2006/114/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 concerning misleading and comparative advertising;\n(u) any Air Navigation Order made under section 60 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 3(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 158(a) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 3(1)(f) omitted (1.4.2008) by virtue of The Legislative Reform (Health and Safety Executive) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/960), art. 1, Sch. 3 (with art. 21, Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(1)(fa) inserted (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 76; S.I. 2014/251, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3, 6 (with arts. 3(2)(3), 4(2), 6(4)(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(1)(k) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 9(3)(a) (with Sch. 4 paras. 7, 13) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1343, regs. 35-59); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(2)(b) omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 158(b)(i) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 3(2)(c) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 158(b)(ii) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(2)(d) substituted (25.7.2003 for specified purposes, 29.12.2003 for remaining purposes) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 17 para. 166(2) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3)); S.I. 2003/3142"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(2)(e) repealed (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(2)(g) substituted (1.4.2006) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), s. 105(3), Sch. 7 para. 35(a); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 4(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 3(2)(k) substituted (E.W.S.) (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(p)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(2)(l) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 6 para. 22(12); S.I. 2015/1732, art. 2(e)(vi) (with art. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(m) omitted (1.10.2013) by virtue of The Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 (Repeal) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1575), art. 1, Sch. para. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(qa) inserted (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 17 para. 166(3)(a) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(ra) inserted (1.4.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), s. 279, Sch. 25 para. 44(11)(a)(ii); S.I. 2003/766, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3) (as amended (20.7.2007) by S.I. 2007/1846, reg. 3(2), Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(rb) inserted (25.7.2003 for specified purposes, 29.12.2003 for remaining purposes) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 17 para. 166(3)(b) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3)); S.I. 2003/3142"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(rb) inserted (1.4.2004) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), s. 105(3), Sch. 7 para. 35(b); S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(y), Sch. 2 (with Sch. 3 para. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(rd) inserted (E.W.S.) (8.6.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), s. 60(2), Sch. 12 para. 17(7); S.I. 2005/1444, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(re) inserted (10.11.2011) by The Airport Charges Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2491), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(rf) inserted (6.4.2013) by Civil Aviation Act 2012 (c. 19), s. 110(1), Sch. 9 para. 12 (with Sch. 10 paras. 12, 17); S.I. 2013/589, art. 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F21",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(rg) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 158(c) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F22",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(rh) inserted (31.3.2017) by The Water Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments etc.) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/506), arts. 1(1), 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F23",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(ri) inserted (1.1.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 30 para. 27(a); S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F24",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(ri)(ii) omitted (6.4.2025 for specified purposes, 1.1.2026 for specified purposes, 6.4.2026 for specified purposes) by virtue of The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/381), reg. 1(2)(4), Sch. para. 16; S.I. 2025/272, reg. 3; S.I. 2026/284, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F25",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(s) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 9(3)(b) (with Sch. 4 paras. 7, 13) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1343, regs. 35-59); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F26",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(sa) omitted (6.4.2025) by virtue of Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 30 para. 27(b); S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F27",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(t) substituted (26.5.2008) by The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1277), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 62(b) (with reg. 28(2)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1986 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1986 c. 45."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1974 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "1982 c. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "1982 c. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "1968 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "text": "1973 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M9",
      "text": "1974 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M10",
      "text": "1979 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M11",
      "text": "1980 c. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M12",
      "text": "1984 c. 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M13",
      "text": "1986 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M14",
      "text": "1986 c. 44."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M15",
      "text": "1986 c. 45."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M16",
      "text": "1987 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M17",
      "text": "1989 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M18",
      "text": "1990 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M19",
      "text": "1991 c. 56."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M20",
      "text": "1991 c. 57."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M21",
      "text": "1993 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M22",
      "text": "1994 c. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M23",
      "text": "1998 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M24",
      "text": "1982 c. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3 modified (8.2.2007 immediately before the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (c. 36) comes into force) by The Wireless Telegraphy (Pre-Consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1391), art. 1, Sch. para. 7(3)(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 3 wholly in force at 1.2.2001, see s. 275(1) and S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to the transitional provision and saving in Sch. 2 Pt. II)"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:32.082416+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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