144DMeaning of *information sharing entity*

144D Meaning of *information sharing entity* (1) In this Part, ***information sharing entity*** means a person or body prescribed, or a class of person or body prescribed, to be an information sharing entity for the purposes of this Part. (2) An information sharing entity may be prescribed to belong to any of the following categories— (a) risk assessment entity; (b) protection entity; (c) any other category of entity specified in the regulations. (3) An information sharing entity referred to in subsection (2) must only share confidential information to the extent permitted by this Part or the regulations for the category of information sharing entity to which the information sharing entity belongs. (4) For the avoidance of doubt, if a provision of this Part or the regulations does not specify that it applies to a category of information sharing entity, then the provision applies to all information sharing entities. S. 144E inserted by No. 23/2017 s. 7.