21B—(1) A body or person to whom this Article applies may, subject to the following provisions, disclose to the Department, for the purpose of enabling the Department to discharge any of its functions relating to registered housing associations, any information received by that body or person under or for the purposes of any statutory provision.
(2) This Article applies to the following bodies and persons—
(a)any government department (including a department of the Government of the United Kingdom);
(b)any district council;
(c)any constable; and
(d)any other body or person discharging functions of a public nature (including a body or person discharging regulatory functions in relation to any description of activities).
(3) This Article has effect subject to any express restriction on disclosure imposed by or under any other statutory provision.
(4) Nothing in this Article shall be construed as affecting any power of disclosure exercisable apart from this Article.]
F1Arts. 21-21C substituted (31.7.2010) for art. 21 by Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 9), ss. 6, 19(1); S.R. 2010/251, art. 2