(d) provision about the review of decisions relating to disputes;
(e) provision about appeals to a court or tribunal.
(11) In subsections (4)(d) and (7)(c), references to assistance include actual or contingent financial assistance (such as, for example, a grant, loan, guarantee or indemnity or buying a company’s share capital).
I5 S. 3 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 142(1)(2) (h)
I6 S. 3 in force at 20.8.2025 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2025/904 , reg. 2(a)
4 Power to make provision in connection with business data U.K.
(1) The Secretary of State or the Treasury may by regulations make provision requiring a data holder to publish business data or to provide business data—
(a) to a customer of the trader to whom the business data relates, or
(b) to another person of a specified description.
(2) In this Part, in relation to business data, “ third party recipient ” means a person of a description specified by provision made under subsection (1)(b) (and see section 25(1)).
(3) The Secretary of State or the Treasury may by regulations make provision enabling or requiring a data holder to produce, collect or retain, or arrange for the production, collection or retention of, business data.
(4) The Secretary of State or the Treasury may by regulations—
(a) make provision requiring a public authority that is a third party recipient in relation to business data (whether by virtue of those regulations or other data regulations), or a person appointed by such a public authority to do something with the business data, to publish business data or to provide business data—
(i) to a customer of the trader to whom the business data relates, or
(ii) to another person of a specified description,
(b) make provision requiring a person who is a third party recipient in relation to business data (whether by virtue of those regulations or other data regulations), and who is appointed by a public authority to do something with the business data, to publish or provide business data as described in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii),
(c) in relation to the public authority, or the appointed person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), make any provision that could be made in relation to a data holder, in connection with business data, in reliance on subsection (3) or sections 5 to 21, other than provision imposing a levy on the public authority or person, and
(d) in relation to a person to whom the public authority or appointed person is required to provide business data by virtue of provision made under paragraph (a) or (b), other than a customer described in paragraph (a)(i), make any provision that could be made in relation to a third party recipient in reliance on sections 5 to 21.
I7 S. 4 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 142(1)(2) (h)
I8 S. 4 in force at 20.8.2025 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2025/904 , reg. 2(a)
5 Business data: supplementary U.K.
(1) This section is about provision that regulations under section 4 may (among other things) contain.
(2) The regulations may require business data to be provided on request and make provision about requests, including—
(a) provision for requests to be made by a customer, a third party recipient or another person;
(b) provision about the circumstances in which a data holder may or must refuse to act on a request.
(3) The regulations may make provision requiring business data to be provided to customers, or third party recipients, who are approved to receive it, including—