Part 5: Digital Government Chapter 1: Public Service Delivery Section 41: Confidentiality of personal information
This section is intended to ensure that personal information received under this power may only be onwardly disclosed in narrowly defined circumstances. Subsection (1) provides that a person (P) receiving the information under sections 35 to 39 or any other person who receives that information either directly or indirectly from P cannot further disclose that personal information. The limited circumstances when such personal information can be disclosed without committing an offence under this section are set out in subsection (2). Any person who knowingly or recklessly contravenes this prohibition on further disclosure is guilty of an offence under subsection (4), carrying a penalty of up to two years’ imprisonment, a fine, or both. Other restrictions on disclosure of information – including other criminal offences regarding the unauthorised disclosure of information – may still also apply.
	This section does not apply to personal information disclosed by the Revenue and Customs under the powers at sections 35, 36 or 38. Specific conditions that relate to information disclosed by the Revenue and Customs are set out in section 42.