57 Further provisions about power in section 56
Digital Economy Act 2017 (2017 c 30) | Legislation

57  Further provisions about power in section 56

(1)     Personal information disclosed under section 56 may only be used by the person to whom it is disclosed for the purposes for which it was disclosed, subject to subsection (2).

(2)     Subsection (1) does not prevent the use of information by a person—

(a)     if the information has already lawfully been made available to the public,

(b)     if the person to whom the information relates consents to its use for another purpose,

(c)     for the prevention or detection of crime or the prevention of anti-social behaviour,

(d)     for the purposes of a criminal investigation,

(e)     for the purposes of legal proceedings (whether civil

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