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Paragraph 6 I1C1

United Kingdom

(1)

Where the doing of a particular act is specifically authorised by an Act of Parliament, whenever passed, then, unless the Act provides otherwise, the doing of that act does not infringe database right in a database.

(2)

Sub-paragraph (1) applies in relation to an enactment contained in Northern Ireland legislation as it applies in relation to an Act of Parliament.

F1(2A)

Sub-paragraph (1) applies in relation to an enactment contained in Part 3 of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 as it applies in relation to an Act of Parliament.

(3)

Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as excluding any defence of statutory authority otherwise available under or by virtue of any enactment F2or other statutory provision.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 para. 6(2A) inserted (26.2.2015) by The Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/374), arts. 1(1), 10(3)

F2

Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(3) inserted (26.2.2015) by The Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/374), arts. 1(1), 10(4)

Modifications

C1

Sch. 1 para. 6 applied by 2000 c. 36, s. 80(3) (as added (1.1.2005) by The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3089), arts. 1, 3(3))

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 para. 6 in force at 1.1.1998, see reg. 1(2)