PART 2TRADE

General provisions about disclosure of chemical trade and safety information5

1

Nothing in regulation 3 or 4 limits the circumstances in which information may be disclosed under any other enactment or rule of law.

2

A disclosure under regulation 3 or 4 does not breach—

a

any obligation of confidence owed by the Executive, or

b

any other restriction on the disclosure of that information (however imposed).

3

Nothing in this regulation, or regulation 3 and 4, authorises a disclosure of information if the disclosure would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether a disclosure would do so, regulation 3 and 4 of these Regulations should be taken into account).