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Section 70ZL General limitations on access agreements etcF1

(1)

Nothing in this Chapter requires or authorises any of the following (each, a “prohibited activity”)—

(a)

physical entry by any person into a dwelling;

(b)

a disclosure of personal data without the consent of the data subject;

(c)

a disclosure of information that would contravene the data protection legislation (but, in determining whether a disclosure would do so, the provisions of this Chapter are to be taken into account).

(2)

Accordingly—

(a)

a term of an access agreement entered into under section 70ZD that requires or authorises a prohibited activity is of no effect for the purposes of this Chapter;

(b)

the Central Arbitration Committee may not specify as a term of an access agreement under section 70ZE any term that would require or authorise a prohibited activity;

(c)

the Central Arbitration Committee may not exercise any function under sections 70ZH to 70ZK so as to require or authorise a prohibited activity.

(3)

In this section—

(a)

“consent” has the same meaning as in the UK GDPR (see Article 4(11) of the UK GDPR);

(b)

“personal data”, “data subject”, “the data protection legislation” and “the UK GDPR” have the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 1 Ch. 5ZA inserted (6.1.2026 for specified purposes) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 59(2), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 2(19)(b)