Schedules Schedule 7: Offences relating to disclosure of information Current and former Commissioners, ICRIR officers and ICRIR contractors
This Schedule sets out the offences committed if information is disclosed in breach of a relevant prohibition on disclosure.
	Paragraph 1 sets out that an offence is committed if (i) a current or former ICRIR Commissioner, ICRIR officer or ICRIR contractor discloses information which they obtained in their capacity as such, and (ii) the disclosure would have been in breach of a relevant prohibition on disclosure had it been made by the ICRIR. It is set out in paragraph 1(2) that for these purposes it does not matter whether the disclosure occurred within or outside of the United Kingdom. Paragraph 1(3) establishes that communication of information between persons holding relevant positions does not constitute disclosure. Paragraph 1(4) establishes that it is a defence for a person to prove that, at the time of the disclosure, they had no reasonable cause to believe that the disclosure would have been in breach of a relevant prohibition on disclosure had it been made by the ICRIR.