Disclosure of information to a court or tribunal
12.—(1) The Commission may disclose any information held for the purposes of the 1991 Act to—
(a)a court;
(b)any tribunal or other body or person mentioned in the 1991 Act;
(c)a person with a right of appeal under the 1991 Act to an appeal tribunal,
where such disclosure is made for the purposes of any proceedings before any of those bodies relating to the 1991 Act, the benefit Acts, the Jobseekers Act 1995(1) or Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007(2).
(2) For the purposes of this regulation “proceedings” includes the determination of an application referred to an appeal tribunal under section 28D(1)(b) of the 1991 Act.
(3) The Commission may disclose information held for the purposes of the 1991 Act to a court in any case where—
(a)that court has exercised any power it has to make, vary or revive a maintenance order or to vary a maintenance agreement; and
(b)such disclosure is made for the purposes of any proceedings before that court in relation to that maintenance order or that maintenance agreement or for the purposes of any matters arising out of those proceedings.