Part III Terrorist Property

Offences

21BF1Protected disclosures

1

A disclosure which satisfies the following three conditions is not to be taken to breach any restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).

2

The first condition is that the information or other matter disclosed came to the person making the disclosure (the discloser) in the course of a business in the regulated sector.

3

The second condition is that the information or other matter—

a

causes the discloser to know or suspect, or

b

gives him reasonable grounds for knowing or suspecting,

that another person has committed F2or attempted to commit an offence under any of sections 15 to 18.

4

The third condition is that the disclosure is made to a constable or a nominated officer as soon as is practicable after the information or other matter comes to the discloser.

5

A disclosure to a nominated officer is a disclosure which—

a

is made to a person nominated by the discloser’s employer to receive disclosures under this section, and

b

is made in the course of the discloser’s employment and in accordance with the procedure established by the employer for the purpose.

6

The reference to a business in the regulated sector must be construed in accordance with Schedule 3A.

7

The reference to a constable includes a reference to a F4National Crime Agency officer authorised for the purposes of this section by the Director General of F3that Agency.