Part 4General

I1112Cooperation and information sharing between the OfS and UKRI

1

The OfS and UKRI may cooperate with one another in exercising any of their functions.

2

The OfS and UKRI must, if required to do so by the Secretary of State, cooperate with one another in exercising any of their functions.

3

The OfS may provide information to UKRI if the disclosure is made for the purposes of the exercise of any function of UKRI.

4

UKRI may provide information to the OfS if the disclosure is made for the purposes of the exercise of any function of the OfS.

5

Provision of information which is authorised by this section does not breach—

a

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

b

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

6

But nothing in this section authorises the OfS or UKRI to provide information where doing so contravenes F2the data protection legislation .

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In this section, “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).