(1) The single financial guidance body may disclose information to the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State may disclose information to the single financial guidance body, provided that the disclosure (in either case) is for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the exercise of -

(a) a function of the single financial guidance body, or

(b) a function of the Secretary of State that -

(i) relates directly to the single financial guidance body, or

(ii) is the same as, or in a similar area to, a function of the single financial guidance body.

(2) The single financial guidance body may disclose information to a devolved authority, and a devolved authority may disclose information to the single financial guidance body, provided that the disclosure (in either case) is for the purpose of enabling or facilitating -

(a) the exercise of a function of the single financial guidance body, or

(b) the provision of information and advice on debt to members of the public in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

(3) The single financial guidance body may disclose information to the FCA, and the FCA may disclose information to the single financial guidance body, provided that the disclosure (in either case) is for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the exercise of -