Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Act 2024
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Co-operation between stakeholders | ||
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13. (1) The public authorities shall co-operate with each other with a view to ensuring that the performance by the Compensation Body of its functions in relation to the relevant purposes operates in a way that contributes to promoting the best interests of— | ||
(a) the efficient and effective handling of claims under section 9 , | ||
(b) claimants under section 9 , | ||
(c) the efficient and effective handling of claims under section 10 (3), | ||
(d) claimants under section 10 (3), and | ||
(e) the Fund and the MIIC Fund. | ||
(2) Notwithstanding any other enactment but subject to Part 4 , the Compensation Body may, in furtherance of the performance of its functions in relation to the relevant purposes, disclose information held by it to— | ||
(a) a public authority upon a request in writing made to the Compensation Body by the public authority for such disclosure where the Compensation Body is satisfied that the information is reasonably required by the public authority to facilitate the public authority in the performance of one or more than one of the public authority’s functions, or | ||
(b) a public authority, without a request referred to in paragraph (a) having been made to the Compensation Body by the public authority in respect of such disclosure, where the Compensation Body is satisfied that the information is reasonably required by the public authority to facilitate the public authority in the performance of one or more than one of the public authority’s functions. | ||
(3) Notwithstanding any other enactment but subject to subsection (4) and Part 4 , a public authority may disclose information held by it to— | ||
(a) the Compensation Body upon a request in writing made to the public authority by the Compensation Body for such disclosure where the public authority is satisfied that the information is reasonably required by the Compensation Body to facilitate the Compensation Body in the performance of one or more than one of its functions in relation to the relevant purposes, or | ||
(b) the Compensation Body, without a request referred to in paragraph (a) having been made to the public authority by the Compensation Body in respect of such disclosure, where the public authority is satisfied that the information is reasonably required by the Compensation Body to facilitate the Compensation Body in the performance of one or more than one of its functions in relation to the relevant purposes. | ||
(4) (a) A reference in subsection (3) to a public authority shall not include the Revenue Commissioners. | ||
(b) Subsection (3) shall not prejudice the operation of— | ||
(i) section 33AK of the Central Bank Act 1942 , and | ||
(ii) section 851A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 . | ||
(5) The Compensation Body and a public authority may enter into a memorandum of understanding setting out the terms under which they will interact with each other in the performance of their respective functions. | ||
(6) In this section, “public authority” means— | ||
(a) the Bank, | ||
(b) subject to subsection (4)(a), the Revenue Commissioners, or | ||
(c) the Agency. |