Sch 7 para 3
(1) An NCA officer must not disclose social security information unless the relevant authority consents to the disclosure. (2) If an NCA officer has disclosed social security information to a person, that person must not further disclose that information unless the relevant authority consents to the disclosure. (3) In this paragraph— “ relevant authority ” means— the Secretary of State (in the case of a disclosure or further disclosure of information held, when disclosed to the NCA, for the purposes of the functions of the Secretary of State); the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland (in the case of a disclosure or further disclosure of information held, when disclosed to the NCA, for the purposes of the functions of a Northern Ireland department); “ social security information ” means information which, when disclosed to the NCA, was information held for the purposes of any of the following functions of the Secretary of State or a Northern Ireland Department— functions relating to social security, including functions relating to— statutory payments as defined in section 4C(11) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; maternity allowance under section 35 of that Act; statutory payments as defined in section 4C(11) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992; maternity allowance under section 35 of that Act; schemes and arrangements under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973; functions relating to the investigation and prosecution of offences relating to tax credits.