7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) where the Secretary of State, the Department, or a child support officer appointed under the provision made for Great Britain or for Northern Ireland, has in his or its possession any information or evidence held for the purposes of the provision made for his or its territory, that information or evidence may be disclosed to the Secretary of State, the Department or the child support officer for the other territory for the purposes of the provision made for Great Britain or for Northern Ireland, as the case may be.
(2) Where information is disclosed under the provisions of paragraph (1), the provision made for Northern Ireland or, as the case may be, Great Britain, relating to unauthorised disclosure of information shall apply to that information.