PART 2Prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime
CHAPTER 1Functions relating to serious violence
Functions relating to serious violence
I2I110Power to authorise collaboration etc. with other persons
1
The Secretary of State may by regulations—
a
confer powers on a specified authority to collaborate with a prescribed person to prevent and reduce serious violence in a prescribed area;
b
confer powers on a prescribed person to collaborate with a specified authority to prevent and reduce serious violence in a prescribed area.
2
The Secretary of State may by regulations authorise the disclosure of information—
a
by a prescribed person to any person listed in subsection (3) for the purposes of preventing and reducing serious violence in a prescribed area;
b
by any person listed in subsection (3) to a prescribed person for such purposes.
3
Those persons are—
a
a specified authority;
b
a local policing body;
c
an educational authority;
d
a prison authority;
e
a youth custody authority.
4
Regulations under subsection (2) may provide that a disclosure under the regulations does not breach—
a
any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or
b
any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).
5
But if regulations under subsection (2) contain provision under subsection (4)(b), they must provide that they do not authorise a disclosure of information that—
a
would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether a disclosure would do so, any power conferred by the regulations is to be taken into account), or
b
is prohibited by any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
6
Regulations under subsection (2) must not authorise—
a
the disclosure of patient information, or
b
the disclosure of personal information by a specified authority which is a health or social care authority.
7
This section does not affect any power to collaborate or to disclose information apart from regulations under this section.
8
In this section, “prescribed” means prescribed, or of a description prescribed, in regulations under this section.
9
10
In this Chapter—
“the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act);
“health or social care authority” means a specified authority which is listed in the first column of the table headed “Health and social care” in Schedule 1;
“patient information” means personal information (however recorded) which relates to—
- a
the physical or mental health or condition of an individual,
- b
the diagnosis of an individual’s condition, or
- c
an individual’s care or treatment,
or is (to any extent) derived directly or indirectly from information relating to any of those matters;
- a
“personal information” means information which is in a form that identifies any individual or enables any individual to be identified (either by itself or in combination with other information).