Search Legislation

Advanced Search

UK Borders Act 2007

Section 41: Confidentiality

124.This section sets out the statutory duty of confidentiality placed on the Secretary of State, Ministers and their officials as well as those acting on their behalf in respect of information, documents and articles supplied by HMRC, the RCPO or those acting on either organisation’s behalf under those provisions specified in subsection (2) unless it is for a purpose permitted in this provision.

125.It means that the Secretary of State, Ministers and the officials as well as those acting on their behalf are permitted to disclose information only if permitted to do so by any other enactment (not including an Act of the Scottish Parliament or of the Northern Ireland Assembly or an instrument made under such an Act) or the disclosure is for a purpose specified in subsection (3).

Back to top

Options/Help

Print Options

Close

Explanatory Notes

Text created by the government department responsible for the subject matter of the Act to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Public Acts except Appropriation, Consolidated Fund, Finance and Consolidation Acts.

Close

More Resources

Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • confers power and blanket amendment details
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • correction slips
  • links to related legislation and further information resources