Part 1Border functions
Use and disclosure of information
17Prohibition on further disclosure
1
A person to whom information is disclosed in reliance on section 16 or this section may not disclose that information without the consent of a relevant official (which may be general or specific).
2
A person does not breach subsection (1) by making a disclosure—
a
to which any of subsections (3) to (8) of section 16 applies, and
b
which, in the case of a disclosure of customs revenue information, does not contravene any restriction imposed by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
3
Subsection (2)(b) does not apply if the person making the disclosure knows that the information was acquired otherwise than as the result of the exercise of a customs revenue function.
4
This section is also subject to any other enactment permitting disclosure.
5
In subsection (4) the reference to an enactment does not include an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under—
a
an Act of the Scottish Parliament,
b
a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales, or
c
Northern Ireland legislation.