Provision by Provision Commentary Offences relating to Level 1 and Level 2 disclosures Section 43: Lawful disclosures of Level 2 disclosures
85.This section sets out the circumstances in which it is not an offence to disclose a Level 2 disclosure. This section recognises that it may be necessary to share Level 2 disclosures with other employees, members and office-holders within an organisation, or where the disclosure has been requested on somebody else’s behalf. This section removes such sharing from the scope of the offence in section 42.
86.Disclosure under this section is only allowed in so far as (a) the disclosure is made in the course of the functions of the person sharing the disclosure, (b) for the same purpose as the purpose for which the Level 2 application was originally made, and (c) where the disclosure application has been made on another person’s behalf, further sharing of the information in the disclosure by the accredited body who countersigned the application is permitted by section 56(3) or (4). This is important to ensure that disclosure information is only shared for legitimate purposes and with appropriate persons.