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Section 20(8) CRCA 2005 allows HMRC to add to the existing criteria for making Public Interest Disclosures, by making Regulations. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Commissioners would expect to use this power very infrequently, and it only allows the Commissioners to make Regulations to permit disclosures for the purposes of:

• preventing or detecting crime;
• national security;
• public health or public safety.

You should report to your Security and Information Business Partner any circumstance where you think there is a case for extending the Regulations in the way envisaged above. Referrals to consider new Regulations should only be made by a Grade 7 or above, so please route all potential cases through the appropriate Grade 7.