Commentary on Sections Sharing and use of social security information Section 43: Unlawful disclosure of certain information
232.Section 95 of the Local Government Act 2000 made it an offence for a person to disclose without lawful authority information supplied by virtue of section 94 of the Local Government Act 2000. Section 43 creates a similar unlawful disclosure provision in relation to information received by virtue of section 42.
233.Subsection (2) sets out to whom this section applies. It covers specified positions within Supporting People teams and those providing welfare services. Relevant persons in the Department for Work and Pensions or local authority benefit teams are not covered by this new section as there is an existing unlawful disclosure provision which applies to them, section 123 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.
234.This section complements section 123 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and subsections (3) to (6) of this section follow the wording of that section.