Section 5B Advice and information: data protectionF1

A direction under section 5A(2)(a) does not require a disclosure of information if the disclosure would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether a disclosure would do so, take into account the duty to comply with a direction under that section).

In this section “data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(9) of that Act).