Section 59 Disclosure: supplementary

United Kingdom

(1)

Nothing in sections 54 to 57 (or in those sections as applied by section 58(1) to (4)) authorises the making of a disclosure which—

(a)

contravenes F2the data protection legislation, or

(b)

is prohibited by F3any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.

(2)

F4In this section, “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).

Annotations

F1: S. 59 renumbered as s. 59(1) (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 166(2) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
F2: Words in s. 59(1)(a) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 166(3) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
F3: Words in s. 59(1)(b) substituted (27.6.2018) by Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25), s. 272(1), Sch. 10 para. 27 (with Sch. 9 paras. 7, 8, 10); S.I. 2018/652, reg. 12(g)(iii)
F4: S. 59(2) inserted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 166(4) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)