Legislation – Immigration Act 2016
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PART 1Labour market and illegal working
CHAPTER 1Labour market
Director of Labour Market Enforcement
6Information gateways
(1)
A person may disclose information to the Director or a relevant staff member if the disclosure is made for the purposes of the exercise of any function of the Director.
(2)
Information obtained by the Director or a relevant staff member in connection with the exercise of any function of the Director may be used by the Director or a relevant staff member in connection with the exercise of any other function of the Director.
(3)
The Director or a relevant staff member may disclose information obtained in connection with the exercise of any function of the Director to a specified person if the disclosure is made for the purposes of the exercise of any function of the specified person.
(4)
“Specified person” means a person specified in Schedule 1 (persons to whom Director etc may disclose information).
(5)
The Secretary of State may by regulations amend Schedule 1.
(6)
In this section, “relevant staff member” means a member of staff provided to the Director under section 1(4).