European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020

8 Disclosure of vehicle registration data U.K.

(1) The Secretary of State may disclose vehicle registration data in accordance with—

(a) [F1 Article 537] of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (automated searching of vehicle registration data), and

(b) [F2 Chapter 3 of Annex 39] to that agreement (exchange of vehicle registration data).

(2) A disclosure under this section does not breach—

(a) any obligation of confidence owed by the Secretary of State, or

(b) any other restriction on the disclosure of data (however imposed).

(3) Nothing in this section authorises the making of a disclosure which contravenes the data protection legislation (save that the power conferred by this section is to be taken into account in determining whether any disclosure contravenes that legislation).

(4) Nothing in this section limits the circumstances in which data may be disclosed under any other enactment or rule of law.

(5) “Vehicle registration data” has the meaning given by [F3 Article 528] of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (definitions).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 8(1)(a) substituted (23.7.2021) by The European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (References to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/884), reg. 1(2), Sch. (with reg. 1(3)(a))

F2 Words in s. 8(1)(b) substituted (23.7.2021) by The European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (References to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/884), reg. 1(2), Sch. (with reg. 1(3)(a))

F3 Words in s. 8(5) substituted (23.7.2021) by The European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (References to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/884), reg. 1(2), Sch. (with reg. 1(3)(a))

Commencement Information

I1 S. 8 in force at 23.5.2023 by S.I. 2023/535, reg. 2