15(1)Regulations under this Schedule may include provision that no duty of confidentiality shall prevent the Secretary of State from disclosing relevant information to an authority.E+W+S
(2)For the purposes of this paragraph information is relevant information if—
(a)it was obtained by the Secretary of State in exercising his functions under the Social Security Acts [F1or Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012];
(b)the Secretary of State believes it would be useful to the authority in exercising its functions under Part I or II of this Act; and
(c)it falls within a prescribed description.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 15(2)(a) inserted (8.4.2013) by The Personal Independence Payment (Supplementary Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/388), reg. 2, Sch. para. 7(4)