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Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) Part 2—Notification and orders ::(a) a function relating to social security, child support, employment or training,
 * (b) a function relating to passports,
 * (c) a function under Part 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) or Part 2 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1)).

95 Part 2: supply of information by Secretary of State etc.

(1) A report compiled under section 94 may be supplied by—
 * (a) the Secretary of State,
 * (b) a Northern Ireland Department, or
 * (c) a person within section 94(2)(c),

to a person within subsection (2).

(2) The persons are—
 * (a) a chief officer of police (in Scotland, a chief constable),
 * (b) the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence Service,
 * (c) the Director General of the National Crime Squad.

(3) Such a report may contain any information held—
 * (a) by the Secretary of State or a Northern Ireland Department in connection with the exercise of a relevant function, or
 * (b) by a person within section 94(2)(c) in connection with the provision of services referred to there.

(4) Where such a report contains information within subsection (3), the person within subsection (2) to whom it is supplied—
 * (a) may retain the information, whether or not used for the purposes of the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of an offence under this Part, and
 * (b) may use the information for any purpose related to the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of offences (whether or not under this Part), but for no other purpose.

(5) Subsections (5) to (8) of section 94 apply in relation to this section as they apply in relation to section 94. Information about release or transfer 96 Information about release or transfer

(1) This section applies to a relevant offender who is serving a sentence of imprisonment or a term of service detention, or is detained in a hospital.

(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring notice to be given by the person who is responsible for that offender to persons prescribed by the regulations, of any occasion when the offender is released or a different person becomes responsible for him.

(3) The regulations may make provision for determining who is to be treated for the purposes of this section as responsible for an offender.