Overview Disclosure of information
9.Part 3 and Schedule 4 of the Act deal with information disclosure provisions for public authorities.
10.Section 17 clarifies and extends a number of existing provisions for disclosure of information from public authorities to agencies involved in criminal investigations and proceedings. The gateways ensure that public authorities can disclose information which is subject to a statutory restriction on disclosure for the purposes of a criminal investigation or criminal proceedings.
11.Section 19 creates a new gateway giving HM Customs and Excise and the Inland Revenue a general power to disclose information held by them for law enforcement purposes and to the intelligence services for their purposes.