Part 1Police

Chapter 2Complaints and misconduct

Other functions

46Disclosure of information by and to the Commissioner

1

Information obtained by the Commissioner in connection with any of the Commissioner's functions may be disclosed by the Commissioner to any public body or office-holder (in Scotland, in any other part of the United Kingdom or in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom)—

a

for any purpose connected with the carrying out of any of the Commissioner's functions; or

b

for the purpose of enabling or assisting the public body or office-holder to carry out any function.

2

Information disclosed by the Commissioner under this section to any body or office-holder must not be further disclosed except—

a

for a purpose connected with any function of that body or office-holder; and

b

with the consent of the Commissioner.

3

Consent under subsection (2) may be given—

a

in relation to a particular disclosure; or

b

in relation to disclosures made in circumstances specified or described in the consent.

4

Any person may disclose information to the Commissioner if the disclosure is made for the purposes of the carrying out of any of the Commissioner's functions.

5

A disclosure under this section does not breach—

a

any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure; or

b

any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).