Part 9Miscellaneous and supplementary

Guidance, hearings etc.

185Provision of information

1

This section applies to information which is held by or on behalf of a licensing authority or a responsible authority (including information obtained by or on behalf of the authority before the coming into force of this section).

2

Information to which this section applies may be supplied—

a

to a licensing authority, or

b

to a responsible authority,

for the purposes of facilitating the exercise of the authority’s functions under this Act.

3

Information obtained by virtue of this section must not be further disclosed except to a licensing authority or responsible authority for the purposes mentioned in subsection (2).

4

In this section “responsible authority” means a responsible authority within the meaning of Part 3 or 4.