81 Disclosure by the Statistics Board to devolved administrations

81  Disclosure by the Statistics Board to devolved administrations

After section 53 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 insert—

“53A Disclosure by the Board to devolved administrations

(1)     Subject to this section, the Board may disclose information held by the Board in connection with the exercise of any of its functions to a devolved authority.

(2)     In this section “devolved authority” means—

(a)     a person who is a part of the Scottish Administration,

(b)     the Welsh Ministers,

(c)     the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland, or

(d)     the Registrar General for Northern Ireland.

(3)     Information may only be disclosed under this section for the purposes of any or all of the statistical functions of a devolved authority.

(4)     Information may only be disclosed under this section in response to a request in writing by a devolved authority which specifies—

(a)     the information which is sought,

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