Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 15 modified (3.1.1995) by 1984 c. 58, s. 43C (as inserted (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 76, 82(2), Sch. 16 para. 7)
C2Sch. 15 applied by 1998 c. 37, s. 1F(7)(c) (as inserted (E.W.) (1.7.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 142(1), 178(8); S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(s))
C3Sch. 15 applied (E.W.) (31.5.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 85(4), 107(6)(a); S.I. 2006/1382, art. 2
C4Sch. 15 applied by 2003 c. 38, s. 28A(7) (as inserted (1.8.2007 for E.) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 25, 53(1); S.I. 2007/1614, art. 3(a))
C5Sch. 15 applied (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 21(4), 324(3); S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 2
C6Sch. 15 applied (1.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 171(4), 324(3) (with ss. 172(3), 185); S.I. 2011/556, art. 2(2)(e)
C7Sch. 15 applied (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), ss. 8(4), 57(1); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)
C8Sch. 15 applied (E.W.) (1.4.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 79(8), 127(1); S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(t) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)
5U.K.The enactment or obligation shall not prevent or penalise the disclosure of relevant information by contractor A or an employee of his to another Minister, office-holder or local authority (authority D) or an authorised officer of that authority if—
(a)the disclosure is necessary or expedient for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of the relevant function, a related function or a function of authority D;
(b)the disclosure falls within a description of disclosures certified by authority A (whether in the authorisation or otherwise) to be capable of being so necessary or expedient; and
(c)the information could be lawfully disclosed, for that purpose, by authority A to authority D.