Part 8Oversight arrangements

CHAPTER 1Investigatory Powers Commissioner and other Judicial Commissioners

Reports and investigation and information powers

237Information gateway

1

A disclosure of information to the Investigatory Powers Commissioner or another Judicial Commissioner for the purposes of any function of the Commissioner does not breach—

a

an obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or

b

any other restriction on the disclosure of information (whether imposed by virtue of this Act or otherwise).

2

But subsection (1) does not apply to a disclosure, in contravention of any provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998, of personal data which is not exempt from those provisions.