3. Except where the processing is assessable processing for the purposes of section 22 of the Act, section 17(1) of the Act shall not apply in relation to processing—
(a)falling within one or more of the descriptions of processing set out in paragraphs 2 to 5 of the Schedule to these Regulations (being processing appearing to the Secretary of State to be unlikely to prejudice the rights and freedoms of data subjects); or
(b)which does not fall within one or more of those descriptions solely by virtue of the fact that disclosure of the personal data to a person other than those specified in the descriptions—
(i)is required by or under any enactment, by any rule of law or by the order of a court, or
(ii)may be made by virtue of an exemption from the non-disclosure provisions (as defined in section 27(3) of the Act).