PART 7Information and records
Part 7: supplementaryI1I238
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A disclosure of information F2or 37A does not breach any restriction on such disclosure imposed by statute or otherwise.
2
But nothing in F1those regulations authorises a disclosure that—
a
contravenes the data protection legislation, or
b
is prohibited by any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 M1.
3
Nothing in this Part is to be read as requiring a person who has acted or is acting as counsel or solicitor for any person to disclose any privileged information in their possession in that capacity.
4
5
Nothing in this Part limits any conditions which may be contained in a Treasury licence.
6
In this regulation—
“the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act) M2;
“privileged information” means information with respect to which a claim to legal professional privilege (in Scotland, to confidentiality of communications) could be maintained in legal proceedings.