Part 7 Information to Enable a Court to Deal with an Offender
Crime and Courts Act 2013 (2013 c 22) | Legislation

Part 7 Information to Enable a Court to Deal with an Offender

Power to disclose information

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(1)     The Secretary of State or a Northern Ireland Department, or a person providing services to the Secretary of State or a Northern Ireland Department, may disclose social security information to a relevant person.

(2)     Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, or a person providing services to the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, may disclose finances information to a relevant person.

(3)     The disclosure authorised by sub-paragraph (1) or (2) is disclosure of the information concerned for use by a court that, in connection with dealing with a person (“the defendantâ€) for an offence, is inquiring into or determining the defendant's financial circumstances.

(4)     Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) do not authorise disclosure in a particular case at a time when the defendant is under 18.

(5)     Information disclosed to a relevant person under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) or paragraph (a)(ii)—

(a)     must not be further disclosed by the relevant person except—

(i)     to a court that, in connection with dealing with the defendant for the offence, is inquiring into or determining the defendant's financial circumstances, or

(ii)     to another relevant person

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