C1C2C3 Part III Authorisation of Action in Respect of Property

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. 3 (ss. 91-108) amended (S.) (29.9.2000) by 2000 asp 11, s. 24(2)(b) (with s. 30); S.S.I. 2000/341, art. 2

C2

Pt. 3: power to apply (with modifications) conferred (1.10.2002) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 19(2)(b); S.I. 2002/2306, art. 2(b)(v)

Authorisations requiring approval

99 Confidential personal information.

1

In section 97 “confidential personal information” means—

a

personal information which a person has acquired or created in the course of any trade, business, profession or other occupation or for the purposes of any paid or unpaid office, and which he holds in confidence, and

b

communications as a result of which personal information—

i

is acquired or created as mentioned in paragraph (a), and

ii

is held in confidence.

2

For the purposes of this section “personal information” means information concerning an individual (whether living or dead) who can be identified from it and relating—

a

to his physical or mental health, or

b

to spiritual counselling or assistance given or to be given to him.

3

A person holds information in confidence for the purposes of this section if he holds it subject—

a

to an express or implied undertaking to hold it in confidence, or

b

to a restriction on disclosure or an obligation of secrecy contained in any enactment (including an enactment contained in an Act passed after this Act).