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Title and introductory text
2014 No. 1825
Electronic Communications
The Communications Act 2003 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2014
Made
9th July 2014
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 393(3)(i) and (4)(c) of the Communications Act 2003.
In accordance with section 393(11) of that Act, a draft of this Order was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Propose a change1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
(1) This Order may be cited as the Communications Act 2003 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2014.
(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) In this Order “the Act” means the Communications Act 2003.
Propose a change2 Specification as a relevant person
Each of the following is specified as a relevant person for the purposes of section 393(3) of the Act (general restrictions on disclosure of information)—
(a) the Information Commission;
(b) the Financial Conduct Authority; and
(c) the Payment Systems Regulator.
Propose a change3 Specification of relevant functions
(1) The following are specified as relevant functions for the purposes of section 393(4) of the Act—
(a) any functions conferred by or under the data protection legislation;
(b) any functions conferred by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003;
(c) any functions conferred by or under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
(d) any functions conferred by or under the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013;
(e) any functions conferred by the Payment Services Regulations 2017;
(f) any functions conferred by or under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.
(2) In this article, “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).
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