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PART VII E+W+SMISCELLANEOUS

ConfidentialityE+W+S

28.—(1) [F1Subject 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of that work-seeker without that work-seeker’s prior consent, which has not by the time of such disclosure been withdrawn, and shall not make the provision of any services to that work-seeker conditional upon such consent being given or not withdrawn.