17(1)Paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 (fitness to practice: disclosure of information) is amended as follows.
(2)In sub-paragraph (2)(a), after “provision” insert “or the GDPR”.
(3)For sub-paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3)In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a) whether a disclosure is prohibited, it is to be assumed for the purposes of paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 2 to the Data Protection Act 2018 and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 11 to that Act (exemptions from certain provisions of the data protection legislation: disclosures required by law) that the disclosure is required by this paragraph.”
(4)After sub-paragraph (4) insert—
“(5)In this paragraph, “the GDPR” and references to Schedule 2 to the Data Protection Act 2018 have the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of that Act (see section 3(10), (11) and (14) of that Act).”