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(1)In a case where there is no authorisation under sections 17 to 19 for the provision of information, the Secretary of State may nevertheless, without the individual's consent, provide a public authority with information recorded in an individual's entry in the Register if—
(a)the information is not information falling within paragraph 9 of Schedule 1;
(b)the information is of a description specified or described in an order made by the Secretary of State;
(c)the information is provided to a public authority so specified or described;
(d)the information is provided for the purposes so specified or described; and
(e)there is compliance with any requirements imposed by or under section 21 in relation to the provision of the information.
(2)The power of the Secretary of State by virtue of this section to make an order authorising the provision of information to a public authority is exercisable for the purpose only of authorising the provision of information in circumstances in which its provision to the authority in question is necessary in the public interest.
(3)The Secretary of State must not make an order containing (with or without other provision) any provision that he is authorised to make by this section unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.
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