Part IIIF2Information Powers
10CF1Disclosure of information: supplementary
1
In sections 10 and 10A above “relevant public authority” means—
a
any government department (including a Northern Ireland department),
b
any local authority,
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).
2
In section 10A above “relevant public authority” also includes any body or person within subsection (1)(d) above in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.
3
In sections 10 to 10B above and this section—
“enactment” has the same meaning as in the Charities Act 2006;
“Revenue and Customs information” means information held as mentioned in section 18(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005.
4
Nothing in sections 10 and 10A above (or in those sections as applied by section 10B(1) to (4) above) authorises the making of a disclosure which—
a
contravenes the Data Protection Act 1998, or
b
is prohibited by Part 1 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
Pt. III heading substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 101; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.