SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Civil sanctions
Part 6General and supplemental
Disclosure of information
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1
Information held by or on behalf of—
a
a police or customs officer,
b
the Crown Prosecution Service,
c
a procurator fiscal, or
d
the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland,
may be disclosed to the Secretary of State for the purpose of the exercise by the Secretary of State of any powers conferred on him or her under or by virtue of this Schedule.
2
It does not matter for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) whether the information was obtained before or after this Schedule comes into force.
3
A disclosure under this paragraph is not to be taken to breach any restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).
4
Nothing in this paragraph authorises the making of a disclosure in contravention of—
a
the data protection legislation, or
b
Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
5
This paragraph does not affect a power to disclose that exists apart from this paragraph.
6
In this paragraph “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).