56 Disclosure of information to combat fraud against the public sector
Digital Economy Act 2017 (2017 c 30) | Legislation

Chapter 4
Fraud against the Public Sector

56  Disclosure of information to combat fraud against the public sector

(1)     A specified person may disclose information held by the person in connection with any of the person's functions to another specified person for the purposes of the taking of action in connection with fraud against a public authority.

(2)     In this section and in Schedule 8 “fraud against a public authority” means a fraud offence which involves—

(a)     loss to a public authority, or

(b)     the exposure of a public authority to a risk of loss.

(3)     In subsection (2)—

(a)     “fraud offence” means an offence under section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006 or, in relation to Scotland, an offence of fraud, and

(b)     “loss”, as it applies in relation to an offence under section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006, has the meaning given by section 5 of that Act.

(4)     For the purposes of this section and Schedule 8 taking action in connection with fraud against a public authority includes any of the following—

(a)     preventing fraud of that kind;

(b)     detecting fraud of that kind;

(c)     investigating

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