PART 2TRADE
Disclosure of chemical trade and safety information within UKI13
1
This regulation applies to information which relates to the trade in or safety of chemicals supplied by a relevant trading partner, or such person as a relevant trading partner may specify by written notice to the Secretary of State, for the purpose of giving effect to a provision of the EEA EFTA Agreement (including any annex to such agreement).
2
The Executive may disclose that information for a permitted purpose.
3
The following are the “permitted purposes” for the purpose of paragraph (2)—
a
to ensure health and safety;
b
to ensure protection of consumers;
c
to ensure protection of the environment.
4
A person who receives information as a result of paragraph (2) may—
a
use the information for a permitted purpose, or
b
further disclose that information with the consent of the Executive.
5
A person who receives the information following consent by the Executive under sub-paragraph 4(b) may use or disclose the information in accordance with paragraph (4).
Disclosure of chemical trade and safety information to a relevant trading partnerI24
1
This regulation applies to information held by the Executive which relates to the trade in or safety of chemicals.
2
The Executive may disclose information to a relevant trading partner, or such person as the relevant trading partner may specify by written notice to the Secretary of State, for the purpose of giving effect to a provision of the EEA EFTA Agreement (including any annex to such agreement).
General provisions about disclosure of chemical trade and safety informationI35
1
Nothing in regulation 3 or 4 limits the circumstances in which information may be disclosed under any other enactment or rule of law.
2
A disclosure under regulation 3 or 4 does not breach—
a
any obligation of confidence owed by the Executive, or
b
any other restriction on the disclosure of that information (however imposed).
3
Nothing in this regulation, or regulation 3 and 4, authorises a disclosure of information if the disclosure would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether a disclosure would do so, regulation 3 and 4 of these Regulations should be taken into account).
Interpretation of regulations 3 to 5I46
In regulations 3 to 5—
“data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 20185;
“EEA EFTA Agreement” means the Free Trade Agreement between Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland6;
“relevant trading partner” means a Party, other than the United Kingdom, to the EEA EFTA Agreement;
“the Executive” means the Health and Safety Executive7.