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4H—(1) The Department may by order amend Articles 4A to 4G—
(a)to add any purpose mentioned in paragraph (2) to the purposes for which data matching exercises may be conducted;
(b)to modify the application of those Articles in relation to a purpose so added.
(2) The purposes which may be added are—
(a)to assist in the prevention and detection of crime (other than fraud);
(b)to assist in the apprehension and prosecution of offenders;
(c)to assist in the recovery of debt owing to public bodies.
(3) The Department may by order amend Articles 4A to 4G—
(a)to add a public body to the list of bodies in Article 4B(2);
(b)to modify the application of those Articles in relation to a body so added;
(c)to remove a body from that list.
(4) An order under this Article may include such incidental, consequential, supplemental or transitional provision as the Department thinks fit.
(5) An order under this Article is subject to affirmative resolution.
(6) In this Article “public body” means a body or person whose functions—
(a)are functions of a public nature; or
(b)include functions of that nature,
but, in the latter case, the body or person is a public body to the extent only of those functions.]
F1Arts. 4A-4H and preceding cross-heading inserted (1.3.2008 for preceding cross-heading and Art. 4G(1)(3)(4) otherwise 6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 73, 94(1), Sch. 7 para. 6; S.I. 2008/219, art. 3(j); S.I. 2008/755, art. 16(a)
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