Section 40 Confidentiality of proceedingsI1

information obtained under section 23(1) or 24(1), or

correspondence between Environmental Standards Scotland and a public authority that—

a disclosure (other than a disclosure of an information notice, a compliance notice or an unpublished draft of an improvement report) made with the consent of the public authority who provided the information or correspondence,

a disclosure made for purposes connected with the exercise of Environmental Standards Scotland's functions,

a disclosure made to the Office for Environmental Protection, or any other environmental governance body, for purposes connected with the exercise of an environmental governance function,

a disclosure of information, or correspondence, that relates only to a matter in relation to which Environmental Standards Scotland does not intend to take any further action under this Chapter,

a disclosure made for the purposes of civil proceedings,

a disclosure made for the purposes of the investigation or prosecution of any offence or suspected offence or for the purposes of the prevention or detection of crime,

a disclosure made in pursuance of an order of a court or tribunal,

a disclosure made in accordance with any other enactment requiring or permitting the disclosure.