Schedules
Schedule 10Further provision about fixed monetary penalties under section 142
Disclosure of information
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1
Information held by or on behalf of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) may be disclosed to an enforcement authority on whom powers are conferred under section 142 where—
a
the person has an enforcement function in relation to an offence, and
b
the information is disclosed for the purpose of the exercise by the enforcement authority of any powers conferred on it under that section in relation to that offence.
2
The persons are—
a
the Crown Prosecution Service,
b
a member of a police force in England or Wales,
c
a Procurator Fiscal,
d
a constable of F1the Police Service of Scotland,
e
the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland, or
f
a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
3
It is immaterial for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) whether the information was obtained before or after the coming into force of this paragraph.
4
A disclosure under this paragraph is not to be taken to breach any restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).
5
Nothing in this paragraph authorises the making of a disclosure in contravention of—
a
F3the data protection legislation, or
F4b
any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
6
This paragraph does not affect a power to disclose which exists apart from this paragraph.
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In this paragraph, “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).