Disclosure of personal data to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

9.—(1) A person prescribed as a qualifying person under regulation 3, or a person providing services to such a qualifying person, may, for any purpose connected with the purposes set out in regulations 4 to 7, disclose personal data to—

(a) the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; or

(b) a person providing services to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, “personal data” has the meaning given in section 1(1) of the Data Protection Act 1998(1) (basic interpretative provisions).

(1)

Amended by S.I. 2004/3089.