Part 5: Miscellaneous Chapter 3: Miscellaneous Section 326: Disclosing information overseas
This section relates to the ability of the CMA and other UK public authorities to exchange specified information with overseas public authorities. It replaces the existing overseas disclosures gateway under section 243 in Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (which sets out the circumstances under which public authorities may share specified information with overseas public authorities) with three new gateways. These gateways allow for overseas disclosures in defined circumstances and are subject to safeguards necessary to protect specified information.
	Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002 sets out general restrictions and conditions for the disclosure of specified information held by public authorities. "Specified information" (as defined in section 238 of the Enterprise Act 2002) is information which comes to a public authority in connection with the exercise of any of the functions that it has under competition and consumer enforcement related Parts of the Enterprise Act 2002, under legislation listed in Schedule 14 of the Enterprise Act 2002 or under any secondary legislation specified by the Secretary of State in an order.
	Subsection (2) replaces the existing gateway in section 243 of the Enterprise Act 2002 with new sections 243A-243F.