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Local Government Investigations (Functions of Monitoring Officers and Standards Committees)(Wales) Regulations 2001

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5.—(1) Information obtained by a monitoring officer when conducting an investigation must not be disclosed unless:

(a)the disclosure is made for the purposes of enabling a monitoring officer or standards committee to perform their functions under these Regulations;

(b)the disclosure is made for the purpose of enabling a Local Commissioner in Wales to carry out his or her functions;

(c)the person to whom the information relates has consented to its disclosure;

(d)the information has previously been disclosed to the public with lawful authority;

(e)the disclosure is for the purposes of criminal proceedings in any part of the United Kingdom and the information in question was not obtained as a result of personal enquiries of the person subject to the criminal proceedings under Regulation 4 above; F1...[F2or]

F3(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F4(g)the disclosure is made to the Auditor General for Wales for the purposes of any function of his or hers or of an auditor under Part 2 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004]

(2) In this Regulation and in Regulation 4 above, any reference to documents includes a reference to information held by means of a computer or in any other electronic form.

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