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<Addition ChangeId="key-cc96a2831599042c9f50396815a8ed9b-1522513548496" CommentaryRef="key-cc96a2831599042c9f50396815a8ed9b">Where an obligation to maintain secrecy or other restriction on the disclosure of information obtained by or supplied to persons in Her Majesty's service has been imposed by an enactment or rule of law, the obligation or restriction does not to apply to the disclosure of information for the purposes of the investigation.</Addition>
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Pts. 2A, 2B inserted (1.11.2014) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2014/4" id="cx1wexdh2-00008" Class="WelshNationalAssemblyAct" Year="2014" Number="4" Title="Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014">Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)</Citation>
,
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,
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(with
<CitationSubRef id="cx1wexdh2-00011" CitationRef="cx1wexdh2-00008" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2014/4/schedule/3/paragraph/3" SectionRef="schedule-3-paragraph-3">Sch. 3 para. 3</CitationSubRef>
);
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,
<CitationSubRef id="cx1wexdh2-00013" CitationRef="cx1wexdh2-00012" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2014/2718/article/2/b" SectionRef="article-2-b">art. 2(b)</CitationSubRef>
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