Section 8 — Confidentiality
This version in force from 2024-01-01
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) The Commissioner may not make a disclosure of information that the Commissioner considers is likely to cause someone to think that a particular person has made a complaint under the SBC complaints scheme, except where subsection (2) applies.
(2) This subsection applies if—
(a) the Commissioner has obtained the consent of the person concerned,
(b) the disclosure is made by the Commissioner to the respondent in relation to the complaint or in a report published under section 6,
(c) the disclosure is required for the purposes of any [F1 [F2 assimilated] obligation],
(d) the disclosure is required, under rules of court or rules of a tribunal, or an order of a court or tribunal, for the purposes of legal proceedings of any description, or
(e) the information has already been made available to the public from other sources.
Amendment notes
- F1 Words in s. 8(2)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013, Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 and Enterprise Act 2016 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1046), regs. 1, 4; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2 Word in s. 8(2)(c) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 85