Part 1The Serious Organised Crime Agency

Chapter 1SOCA: establishment and activities

Use and disclosure of information

I135Restrictions on further disclosure

1

Information disclosed by SOCA under section 33 to any person or body must not be further disclosed except—

a

for a purpose connected with any function of that person or body for the purposes of which the information was disclosed by SOCA, or otherwise for any permitted purposes, and

b

with the consent of SOCA.

2

Information disclosed to SOCA under any enactment by the Commissioners or a person acting on their behalf must not be further disclosed except—

a

for any permitted purposes, and

b

with the consent of the Commissioners or an authorised officer of Revenue and Customs.

3

Consent under subsection (1) or (2) may be given—

a

in relation to a particular disclosure, or

b

in relation to disclosures made in circumstances specified or described in the consent.

4

In this section “permitted purposes” has the meaning given by section 33(2).