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51. Defences - disclosures within undertaking or group.

(1) It is a defence in any proceedings against an individual for an offence under section 49, in relation to a disclosure, for the individual to prove that, at the time of the disclosure -

(a) he or she was an agent, employee, partner, director or other officer of, or was engaged under a contract for services by, an undertaking, and

(b) he or she made the disclosure to an agent, employee, partner, director or other officer of, or a person engaged under a contract for services by, the same undertaking.

(2) It is a defence in any proceedings against a person for an offence under section 49, in relation to a disclosure, for the person to prove that, at the time of the disclosure -

(a) the person was a credit institution or financial institution or a majority-owned subsidiary, or a branch, of a credit institution or financial institution, or made the disclosure on behalf of a credit institution or a financial institution or a majority-owned subsidiary, or a branch, of a credit institution

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