PART 2Prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime

CHAPTER 2Offensive weapons homicide reviews

I1I230Information: supplementary

1

A person may not be required under section 29 to disclose information that the person could not be compelled to disclose in proceedings before the High Court.

2

A disclosure of information required or authorised by sections 27 to 29 does not breach—

a

any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or

b

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

3

But sections 27 to 29 do not require or authorise a disclosure of information that—

a

would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether a disclosure would do so, the duty imposed or power conferred by the section in question is to be taken into account), or

b

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

4

Sections 27 to 29 do not affect any duty or power to disclose information apart from those sections.

5

In this section “data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(9) of that Act).