# Data Protection Act 2018, Section 194: Effect of the Framework


(1) When carrying out processing of personal data which is the subject of a document issued under section 192(3) which is for the time being in force, a person must have regard to the document.
(2) A failure to act in accordance with a provision of such a document does not of itself make a person liable to legal proceedings in a court or tribunal.
(3) A document issued under section 192(3), including an amendment or replacement document, is admissible in evidence in legal proceedings.
(4) In any legal proceedings before a court or tribunal, the court or tribunal must take into account a provision of any document issued under section 192(3) in determining a question arising in the proceedings if—
(a) the question relates to a time when the provision was in force, and
(b) the provision appears to the court or tribunal to be relevant to the question.
(5) In determining a question arising in connection with the carrying out of any of the Commission's functions, the Commission must take into account a provision of a document issued under section 192(3) if—
(a) the question relates to a time when the provision was in force, and
(b) the provision appears to the Commission to be relevant to the question.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/194 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-194
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