Schedule 22, paragraph 30(6)

In section 28 (restrictions on disclosure of information)— in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) (exception for disclosure of information to certain bodies) after the words “the Executive,” there shall be inserted the words “ the Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, ”; in paragraph (c)(ii) of that subsection (exception for disclosure to officers of certain bodies) as it applies to England and Wales— shall be omitted; the words “of the National Rivers Authority or”, and the word “Authority,” (where next occurring), for paragraph (c)(ii) of that subsection as it applies to Scotland there shall be substituted— an officer of a water undertaker, sewerage undertaker, sewerage authority or water authority who is authorised by that authority to receive it; paragraph (c)(iii) of that subsection (exception for disclosure to officers of river purification boards) shall cease to have effect; in subsection (4) (references to certain bodies to include references to officers or inspectors), after the words “the Executive” (in the first place where they occur) there shall be inserted the words “ the Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, ”; in subsection (5) (information disclosed in pursuance of subsection (3) not to be used by recipient except for specified purposes)— in paragraph (a) (use for a purpose of the Executive etc) after the words “of the Executive or” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Environment Agency or of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency or ”; in paragraph (b) as it applies to England and Wales (use for the purposes of certain bodies of information given to officers of those bodies), the words “the National Rivers Authority” shall be omitted; in the said paragraph (b) as it applies to Scotland, for the words from the beginning to “in connection” there shall be substituted the words “ in the case of information given to an officer of a body which is a local authority, a water undertaker, a sewerage undertaker, a sewerage authority or a water authority the purposes of the body in connection ”.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30