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Disclosure of personal data in certain cases.
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8.—Any restrictions in this Act on the disclosure of personal data do not apply if the disclosure is—
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(a) in the opinion of a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of chief superintendent or an officer of the Permanent Defence Force who holds an army rank not below that of colonel and is designated by the Minister for Defence under this paragraph, required for the purpose of safeguarding the security of the State,
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(b) required for the purpose of preventing, detecting or investigating offences, apprehending or prosecuting offenders or assessing or collecting any tax, duty or other moneys owed or payable to the State, a local authority or a health board, in any case in which the application of those restrictions would be likely to prejudice any of the matters aforesaid,
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(c) required in the interests of protecting the international relations of the State,
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(d) required urgently to prevent injury or other damage to the health of a person or serious loss of or damage to property,
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(e) required by or under any enactment or by a rule of law or order of a court,
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(f) required for the purposes of obtaining legal advice or for the purposes of, or in the course of, legal proceedings in which the person making the disclosure is a party or a witness,
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(g) made to the data subject concerned or to a person acting on his behalf, or
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(h) made at the request or with the consent of the data subject or a person acting on his behalf.
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The Data Protection Commissioner
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