s 71 Code of practice for disclosure of information to prevent fraud
(1) The Secretary of State must prepare, and keep under review, a code of practice with respect to the disclosure, for the purposes of preventing fraud or a particular kind of fraud, of information by public authorities as members of specified anti-fraud organisations or otherwise in accordance with any arrangements made by such organisations. (2) Before preparing or altering the code, the Secretary of State must consult— (a) any specified anti-fraud organisation; (b) the Information Commissioner; and (c) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (3) A public authority must have regard to the code in (or in connection with) disclosing information, for the purposes of preventing fraud or a particular kind of fraud, as a member of a specified anti-fraud organisation or otherwise in accordance with any arrangements made by such an organisation. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) The Secretary of State must— (a) lay a copy of the code, and of any alterations to it, before Parliament; and (b) from time to time publish the code as for the time being in force. (6) In this section— “ information ” and “ public authority ” have the same meaning as in section 68; “ relevant public authority ” has the meaning given by section 68(6); and “ specified anti-fraud organisation ” means any person which is a specified anti-fraud organisation for the purposes of section 68.