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Changes over time for: Section 28
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Point in time view as at 06/04/2008.
Changes to legislation:
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, Section 28.
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28.—(1) [Subject to regulation 20 neither] an agency nor an employment business may disclose information relating to a work-seeker, without the prior consent of that work-seeker, except—
(a)for the purpose of providing work-finding services to that work-seeker;
(b)for the purposes of any legal proceedings (including arbitration); or
(c)in the case of a work-seeker who is a member of a professional body, to the professional body of which he is a member.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), an agency shall not disclose information relating to a work-seeker to any current employer of that work-seeker without that work-seeker’s prior consent, which has not by the time of such disclosure been withdrawn, and shall not make the provision of any services to that work-seeker conditional upon such consent being given or not withdrawn.
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