[22ZA... Licences for vehicles for disabled persons: informationU.K.
(1)This section applies to information that—
(a)is held for the purposes of functions relating to social security or war pensions—
(i)by the Secretary of State [or a Northern Ireland department], or
(ii)by a person providing services to the Secretary of State [or a Northern Ireland department], in connection with the provision of those services, and
(b)[falls within subsection (1A) or] is of a description prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
[(1A)Information falls within this subsection if it is—
(a)the name, date of birth or national insurance number of a person who is in receipt of a relevant payment, or would be in receipt of such a payment but for—
(i)regulations under section 86(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (treatment as in-patient in hospital or similar institution), or
(ii)corresponding provision having effect in relation to personal independence payment in Northern Ireland;
(b)in the case of a person who is or would be in receipt of personal independence payment attributable to entitlement to the mobility component, the rate of the payment to which the person is or would be entitled;
(c)in the case of a person who has ceased or will cease to receive a relevant payment, the date on which the person ceased or will cease to receive it and the reason for the person ceasing to receive it.
(1B)In subsection (1A) “relevant payment” means—
(a)personal independence payment attributable to entitlement to the mobility component, and
(b)armed forces independence payment.]
(2)Information to which this section applies may, if the consent condition is satisfied, be supplied—
(a)to the Secretary of State, or
(b)to a person providing services to the Secretary of State,
for use for the purposes of relevant ... licence functions.
(3)The “consent condition”, in relation to any information, is that—
(a)if the information was provided by a person other than the person to whom the information relates, the person who provided the information, or
(b)in any other case, the person to whom the information relates,
has consented to the supply of the information and has not withdrawn that consent.
(4)Information supplied under subsection (2) shall not—
(a)be supplied by the recipient to any other person unless—
(i)it could be supplied to that person under subsection (2), or
(ii)it is supplied for the purposes of any civil or criminal proceedings relating to this Act;
(b)be used otherwise than for the purposes of relevant ... licence functions or any such proceedings.
[(5)In this section “relevant licence functions” means functions relating to applications for, and the issue of—
(a)vehicle licences in respect of vehicles to which paragraph 1ZA of Schedule 1 applies, and
(b)nil licences in respect of vehicles that are exempt vehicles under paragraph 19 of Schedule 2 or paragraph 7 of Schedule 4.]]