Part 1The Serious Organised Crime Agency

Chapter 1SOCA: establishment and activities

Use and disclosure of information

34Disclosure of information to SOCA

(1)

Any person may disclose information to SOCA if the disclosure is made for the purposes of the exercise by SOCA of any of its functions.

(2)

A disclosure under this section does not breach—

(a)

any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or

(b)

any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).

(3)

But nothing in this section authorises—

(a)

a disclosure, in contravention of any provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998, of personal data which are not exempt from those provisions, or

(b)

a disclosure which is prohibited by Part 1 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.

(4)

Information may not be disclosed under subsection (1) on behalf of the Commissioners unless the disclosure is authorised by the Commissioners or by an authorised officer of theirs.