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Legislation
Data Protection Act 2018

Crossheading Rights of the data subject

  • Section 184 Prohibition of requirement to produce relevant records
  • Section 185 Avoidance of certain contractual terms relating to health records
  • Section 186 Protection of data subject’s rights
  • Section 186A Protection of data subject’s rights: further provision
  1. Rights of the data subject
  2. Protection of data subject’s rights

Section 186 | Protection of data subject’s rights

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)An enactment or rule of law prohibiting or restricting the disclosure of information, or authorising the withholding of information, does not remove or restrict the obligations and rights provided for in the provisions listed in subsection (2) ....F1

(2)The provisions providing obligations and rights are—

(a)Chapter III of the UK GDPR (rights of the data subject),F2

(b) of this Act (law enforcement processing: rights of the data subject), and

(c) of this Act (intelligence services processing: rights of the data subject).

(2A)Subsection (1) does not apply—F3

(a)to an enactment contained in, or made under, a provision listed in subsection (2),F3

(b)to an enactment contained in, or made under, a provision listed in subsection (3),F3

(c)to the extent that an enactment makes express provision to the contrary referring to this section or to a provision listed in subsection (2), orF3

(d)to the extent that subsection (1) is disapplied by .F3

(3)The provisions referred to in subsection (2A)(b) are—F4

(a)in of this Act, sections 15 and 16 and Schedules , and ,

(b)in of this Act, sections ... 24, 25 and 26,F5

(c)RepealedF6

(ca)in of this Act, , andF7

(d)in of this Act, Chapter 6 .

Notes

  1. F1

    Words in omitted (20.8.2025) by virtue of , ss. 106(4)(b), 142(1); S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(k)

  2. F2

    Words in substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 80(2) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

  3. F3

    S. 186(2A) inserted (20.8.2025) by , ss. 106(4)(c), 142(1); S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(k)

  4. F4

    Words in substituted (20.8.2025) by , ss. 106(4)(d)(i), ; S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(k)

  5. F5

    Word in omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 80(3) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

  6. F6

    S. 186(3)(c) omitted (20.8.2025) by virtue of , ss. 106(4)(d)(ii), ; S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(k)

  7. F7

    S. 186(3)(ca) inserted (5.9.2025) by , ss. 88(10), ; S.I. 2025/996, reg. 2(1)(b) (with reg. 4)

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