123 Unauthorised disclosure of information relating to particular persons
Social Security Administration Act 1992 (1992 c 5) | Legislation

Persons employed or formerly employed in social security administration or adjudication

123  Unauthorised disclosure of information relating to particular persons

(1)     A person who is or has been employed in social security administration or adjudication is guilty of an offence if he discloses without lawful authority any information which he acquired in the course of his employment and which relates to a particular person.

(2)     A person who is or has been employed in the audit of expenditure or the investigation of complaints is guilty of an offence if he discloses without lawful authority any information—

(a)     which he acquired in the course of his employment;

(b)     which is, or is derived from, information acquired or held by or for the purposes of any of the government departments or other bodies or persons referred to in Part I of Schedule 4 to this Act or Part I of [Schedule 4] to the Northern Ireland Administration Act; and

(c)     which relates to a particular person.

(3)     It is not an offence under this section—

(a)     to disclose information in the form of a summary or collection of information so framed as not to enable information relating to any particular person

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