Part 1: Public Protection Requirements General: sections 27 to 33 Section 28: Disclosure of information
This section provides a statutory gateway for the disclosure of information to the SIA. Any person can disclose information to the SIA for the purpose of the SIA’s functions under Part 1 of the Act.
	At the same time, the SIA may disclose information:
to any person for the purpose of exercising its functions under Part 1, and
to a person with functions of a public nature (e.g. a public authority) for the purpose of exercising those functions.
	This section further provides that the disclosure of information under Part 1 of the Act does not constitute a breach an obligation of confidence or other restriction on disclosure.
	The Act does not authorise disclosure that would breach data protection legislation (as defined in section 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018). The requirements imposed by the Act, and powers provided for, will be relevant to determining whether there is such a breach.