Authorised disclosure paras 10.18 to 10.19
Authorised disclosure
10.18 It is not the intention of the Act to penalise individuals within organisations who, for example, have been given a notice imposing a disclosure requirement but need the assistance of another colleague in order to comply with the notice.
10.19 In section 54(9) the Act provides a statutory defence to unauthorised disclosure where the disclosure was made to a relevant Commissioner or was authorised by a Commissioner; by the terms of the notice; by, or on behalf of, the person who gave the notice or by, or on behalf of, a person in lawful possession of the protected information to which the notice relates.