Part 5Information powers

Disclosure of information

59Disclosure: supplementary

F1(1)

Nothing in sections 54 to 57 (or in those sections as applied by section 58(1) to (4)) authorises the making of a disclosure which—

(a)

contravenes F2the data protection legislation, or

(b)

is prohibited by F3any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.

F4(2)

In this section, “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).