Section 22 | Data protection, &c.

(1)Nothing in sections 17 to 21 authorises the making of a disclosure which—^F1

(a)contravenes the data protection legislation , or^F2

(b)is prohibited by any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 .^F3

(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).^F4