Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/39/schedule/5/part/3n1
Timestamp: 2019-10-23 14:24:34
Document Index: 15737533

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 3', 'art 3', 'art 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 4']

Changes over time for: Part 3A
Courts Act 2003, Part 3A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 23 October 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
[F1Part 3AE+WDisclosure of information, and meaning of "relevant benefit" etc]
F1Sch. 5 Pt. 3A heading inserted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(3), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
[F2Disclosure of information in connection with [F3making of attachment of earnings order or] application for benefit deductionsE+W
F2Sch. 5 paras. 9A-9C and cross-headings inserted (3.11.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 41, 153; S.I. 2008/2712, art. 2, Sch. para. 6 (subject to arts. 3, 4)
F3Words in Sch. 5 para. 9A heading inserted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(4), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
[F49A(1)The Secretary of State or a Northern Ireland department, or a person providing services to the Secretary of State or a Northern Ireland department, may disclose social security information to a relevant person.E+W
(1A)Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, or a person providing services to the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, may disclose finances information to a relevant person.
is about a person's income, gains or capital, and
by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, or
by a person providing services to the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in connection with the provision of those services,
(3)In this paragraph “relevant person” means a person who is appointed by the Lord Chancellor under section 2(1) or provided under a contract made by virtue of section 2(4).]
F4Sch. 5 para. 9A substituted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(5), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
C1Sch. 5 para. 9A extended (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(13), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
Restrictions on disclosureE+W
9B(1)A person to whom information is disclosed under paragraph [F59A], or this sub-paragraph, may disclose the information to any person to whom its disclosure is necessary or expedient in connection with facilitating the making [F6, by the relevant court or a fines officer, of such a decision, order or application as is mentioned in paragraph 9A(1B).]E+W
(2)A person to whom such information is disclosed commits an offence if the person—
(a)discloses or uses the information, and
(b)the disclosure is not authorised by sub-paragraph (1) or (as the case may be) the use is not for the purpose of facilitating the making of such a decision [F7, order or application as is mentioned in paragraph 9A(1B)].
(3)But it is not an offence under sub-paragraph (2)—
(a)to disclose any information in accordance with any enactment or order of a court [F8or of a tribunal established by or under an Act] or for the purposes of any proceedings before a court; or
(b)to disclose [F9or use—
(ii)]any information which has previously been lawfully disclosed to the public.
(4)It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under sub-paragraph (2) to prove that the person reasonably believed that the disclosure or use was lawful.
(5)A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (2) is [F10liable—
(iii)to both.]
[F11(6)Sub-paragraph (5)(b) applies in relation to offences committed before the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (general limit on power of magistrates' courts to impose imprisonment) as if the reference to 12 months were a reference to 6 months.
(7)A prosecution for an offence under sub-paragraph (2) may be instituted only by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.]
F5Word in Sch. 5 para. 9B(1) substituted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(6)(a), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
F6Words in Sch. 5 para. 9B(1) substituted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(6)(b), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
F7Words in Sch. 5 para. 9B(2)(b) substituted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(7), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
F8Words in Sch. 5 para. 9B(3)(a) inserted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(8)(a), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
F9Words in Sch. 5 para. 9B(3)(b) inserted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(8)(b), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
F10Words in Sch. 5 para. 9B(5) substituted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(9), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
F11Sch. 5 para. 9B(6)(7) inserted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(10), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
Paragraphs 9A and 9B: supplementaryE+W
9C(1)[F12Sub-paragraphs (3) and (3A) apply] for the purposes of paragraphs 9A and 9B.E+W
(3)“Information” means information held in any form.
[F14(3A)Relevant court” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of this Schedule.
“P” has the meaning given by paragraph 1.]
F15(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)Nothing in paragraph 9A or 9B authorises the making of a disclosure which contravenes [F16the data protection legislation].
[F17(6)In this paragraph, “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).]]
F12Words in Sch. 5 para. 9C substituted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(12)(a), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
F13Sch. 5 para. 9C(2) omitted (11.12.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(11), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
F14Sch. 5 para. 9C(3A)(3B) inserted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(12)(b), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
F15Sch. 5 para. 9C(4) omitted (11.12.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(11), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
F16Words in Sch. 5 para. 9C(5) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 92(2) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
F17Sch. 5 para. 9C(6) inserted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 92(3) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
C2Sch. 5 para. 9C extended (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(13), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
Meaning of “relevant benefit” and “application for benefit deductions”E+W
(a)“relevant benefit” means a benefit from which the Secretary of State may make deductions by virtue of section 24 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (recovery of fines etc. by deductions from [F18universal credit and] income support etc.), and
(b)“application for benefit deductions”, in relation to a relevant benefit, means an application to the Secretary of State asking him to deduct sums from any amounts payable to P by way of the benefit.
F18Words in Sch. 5 para. 10(a) inserted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 17(2)
C3Sch. 5 para. 10 extended (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 27(13), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(a)
I1Sch. 5 para. 10 wholly in force at 5.4.2004; Sch. 5 para. 10 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 110(1)(2); Sch. 5 para. 10 in force for certain purposes at 23.2.2004 by S.I. 2004/174, art. 4(a); Sch. 5 para. 10 in force for certain further purposes at 29.3.2004 by S.I. 2004/174, art. 4(b); Sch. 5 para. 10 in force for all purposes at 5.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/174, art. 4(c)