(1)A failure on the part of any person to act in accordance with any provision of the data-sharing code does not of itself render that person liable to any legal proceedings in any court or tribunal.
(2)The data-sharing code is admissible in evidence in any legal proceedings.
(3)If any provision of the data-sharing code appears toβ
(a)the Tribunal or a court conducting any proceedings under this Act,
(b)a court or tribunal conducting any other legal proceedings, or
(c)the Commissioner carrying out any function under this Act,
to be relevant to any question arising in the proceedings, or in connection with the exercise of that jurisdiction or the carrying out of those functions, in relation to any time when it was in force, that provision of the code must be taken into account in determining that question.
(4)In this section βthe data-sharing codeβ means the code issued under section 52B(5) (as altered or replaced from time to time).]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 52A-52E inserted (1.2.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 174(1), 175, 182 (with s. 180); S.I. 2010/145, art. 2, Sch. para. 16