PART 1Security

Passenger and vehicle registration data

I18Disclosure of vehicle registration data

1

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

a

F1Article 537 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (automated searching of vehicle registration data), and

b

F2Chapter 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 F3Article 528 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (definitions).