S.L. 188.6 Art. 27Confidentiality. 

(1) Other than for the proper discharge of their duties or functions under these regulations and in terms of the Act, including for the purposes of the due diligence controls referred to in regulation 11A(2) and regulation 11B(2), or as may be otherwise provided in any other law, the Agency, and the officers and employees of the Agency, shall at all times treat all information furnished in accordance with these regulations as confidential and the Agency shall solely use it for the purposes of these regulations, and shall not directly or indirectly, disclose such information to any other person, except with the consent of the person to whom the information relates. For the purposes of this sub-regulation, "employees" and "officials" shall include former employees and officials.

(2) No person appointed or employed by the Agency in carrying out the provisions of these regulations shall be required to produce in any court, tribunal, board or committee of inquiry any document or to divulge any matter coming under his notice in the performance of his duties under these regulations except as may be lawfully required under any applicable law or for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of these regulations, or for the purpose or in the course of any appeal made or proceedings instituted in accordance with these regulations or a prosecution for any offence against any of the provisions of these regulations.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of the other sub-regulations of this regulation or of any other law, the Agency shall have the power to furnish to the Commissioner for Revenue, the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit, the Malta Financial Services Authority, the Malta Business Registry and the Commissioner of Police such information, being information obtained by the Agency for any of the purposes of these regulations.

(4) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this regulation, the Agency may, pursuant to a written request, disclose

*Vide regulation 25 of Legal Notice 159 of 2025. THE BASIS OF MERIT

information to local or overseas enforcement or regulatory authorities or police agencies, or a network or grouping comprising such local or overseas enforcement or regulatory authorities or police agencies, or both, for the purpose of preventing, detecting, investigating or prosecuting the commission of acts or omissions that amount to or are likely to amount to a criminal offence under any applicable law or to an offence or breach of a regulatory nature, whether in Malta or overseas.