Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019

Interaction with Data Protection Acts and General Data Protection Regulation

6. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of data protection law.

(2) Section 38 of the Data Protection Act 2018 shall not apply to the disclosure of information by one public body to another public body.

(3) Regulations made under section 38 (4) of the Data Protection Act 2018 shall not constitute an enactment under which specific provision is made permitting or requiring data-sharing for the purpose of sections 13 (1), 15 (1) or 34(1).