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(1)In this section, “the specified person” means the person to whom reports under a financial reporting order are to be made.
(2)The specified person may, for the purpose of doing either of the things mentioned in subsection (4), disclose a report to any person who he reasonably believes may be able to contribute to doing either of those things.
(3)Any other person may disclose information to—
(a)the specified person, or
(b)a person to whom the specified person has disclosed a report,
for the purpose of contributing to doing either of the things mentioned in subsection (4).
(4)The things mentioned in subsections (2) and (3) are—
(a)checking the accuracy of the report or of any other report made pursuant to the same order,
(b)discovering the true position.
(5)The specified person may also disclose a report for the purposes of—
(a)the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of criminal offences, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere,
(b)the prevention, detection or investigation of conduct for which penalties other than criminal penalties are provided under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of any country or territory outside the United Kingdom.
(6)A disclosure under this section does not breach—
(a)any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or
(b)any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).
(7)But nothing in this section authorises a disclosure, in contravention of any provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29), of personal data which are not exempt from those provisions.
(8)In this section, references to a report include any of its contents, any document included with the report, or any of the contents of such a document.
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