PART 2Trade and other matters

Transport

I125Disclosure of data relating to drivers' cards for tachographs

1

The Secretary of State may disclose data from the GB electronic register in accordance with—

a

Article 13(2) of F1Section 2 of Part C of Annex 31 to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (interconnection and accessibility of electronic registers of data relating to drivers' cards for tachographs), or

b

Article 13(4) of F2Section 2 of Part C of Annex 31 to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (access for control officers to electronic registers of data relating to drivers' cards for tachographs).

2

The Department for Infrastructure may disclose data from the NI electronic register in accordance with—

a

Article 13(2) of F3Section 2 of Part C of Annex 31 to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (interconnection and accessibility of electronic registers of data relating to drivers' cards for tachographs), or

b

Article 13(4) of F4Section 2 of Part C of Annex 31 to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (access for control officers to electronic registers of data relating to drivers' cards for tachographs).

3

A disclosure under this section does not breach—

a

any obligation of confidence owed by the Secretary of State or the Department for Infrastructure, or

b

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

4

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).

5

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

6

In this section—

  • “GB electronic register” means any electronic register maintained by the Secretary of State in accordance with Article 13(1) of F5Section 2 of Part C of Annex 31 to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (maintenance of electronic registers of data relating to drivers' cards for tachographs);

  • “NI electronic register” means any electronic register maintained by the Department for Infrastructure in accordance with Article 13(1) of F5Section 2 of Part C of Annex 31 to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (maintenance of electronic registers of data relating to drivers' cards for tachographs).