(1) An employee, officer or partner of an undertaking does not commit an offence under section 333A if the disclosure is to an employee, officer or partner of the same undertaking.
(2) A person does not commit an offence under section 333A in respect of a disclosure by a credit institution or a financial institution if -
(a) the disclosure is to a credit institution or a financial institution,
(b) the institution to whom the disclosure is made is situated in the United Kingdom or an EEA state or in a country or territory imposing equivalent money laundering requirements, and
(c) both the institution making the disclosure and the institution to whom it is made belong to the same group.
(3) In subsection (2) "group" has the same meaning as in Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16th December 2002 on the supplementary supervision of credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms in a financial conglomerate.
(4) A professional legal advis
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