66.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, Part I of Schedule 2B to the 1982 Act (restriction on disclosure of information) shall apply, in place of sections 179 and 180 of the 1986 Act, in relation to any information which—
(a)was obtained by the Secretary of State or a designated agency for the purposes of, or in the discharge of, functions under that Act or any rules or regulations made under that Act (whether or not by virtue of any requirement to supply it made under those provisions); and
(b)relates to the business or other affairs of a UK, EC or non-EC company, or any controller, manager, chief executive, general representative, agent or employee of such a company.
(2) Part I of Schedule 2B to the 1982 Act as so applied shall have effect as if—
(a)any reference to the Secretary of State (except in the Table to paragraph 3(1) and paragraphs 4(2) and 5(3)(b) and (4)(b)) were a reference to the Secretary of State or, as the case may require, the designated agency in question;
(b)any reference to the 1982 Act were a reference to the 1986 Act; and
(c)the reference to the 1986 Act in item 1 of that Table were a reference to the 1982 Act.
(3) In subsection (1) of section 180 of the 1986 Act (exceptions from restrictions on disclosure), in paragraph (p), for the words “section 44” substitute the words “section 43A or 44”.