167Restricted informationE+W
(1)Except as provided by section 168, restricted information must not be disclosed—
(a)by a restricted person, or
(b)by any person who receives the information directly or indirectly from a restricted person.
(2)In this section and section 168—
“restricted information” means information (other than excluded information) which is obtained by the Board in the exercise of its functions;
“restricted person” means—
(a)the Board (including the Board in its capacity as an approved regulator or a licensing authority),
(b)a person who exercises functions delegated under paragraph 23 of Schedule 1 or section 73 or by virtue of section 64(2)(k).
(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) “excluded information” means—
(a)information which is in the form of a summary or collection of information so framed as not to enable information relating to any particular person to be ascertained from it;
(b)information which at the time of the disclosure is or has already been made available to the public from other sources;
(c)information which was obtained more than 70 years before the date of the disclosure.
Commencement Information
I1S. 167 wholly in force at 1.1.2010 see s. 211 and S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(e) (subject to art. 3(2) (as amended (30.9.2011) by S.I. 2011/2196, arts. 1(2), 5) and with art. 9)