SCHEDULEEvidence and Information

2

Information furnished or documents produced (including any copy or extract made of any document produced) by any person in pursuance of a request made under this Schedule is not to be disclosed to a third party by the requesting authority except—

a

with the consent of the person by whom the information was furnished or the document was produced, provided that a person who has obtained information or is in possession of a document only in his capacity as a servant or agent of another person may not give consent for the purposes of this sub-paragraph but such consent may instead be given by any person who is entitled to that information or to the possession of that document in his own right;

b

to any person who would have been empowered under this Schedule to request that it be furnished or produced or to any person holding or acting in any office under or in the service of—

i

the Crown in respect of the Government of the United Kingdom;

ii

the Government of the Isle of Man;

iii

the States of Guernsey or Alderney or the Chief Pleas of Sark;

iv

the State of Jersey;

v

any British overseas territory;

c

on the authority of the Treasury to any organ of the United Nations or to any person in the service of the United Nations or of the Council of the European Union or of the Government of any other country for the purpose of assisting the United Nations or the Council of the European Union or that Government in securing compliance with or detecting evasion of measures in relation to the Democratic Republic of Congo decided upon by the Security Council of the United Nations or the Council of the European Union; or

d

with a view to the institution of, or otherwise for the purposes of, any proceedings—

i

in the United Kingdom, for an offence under this Order; or

ii

in any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any British overseas territory, for an offence under a similar provision in any such jurisdiction.