Legislation – Data Protection Act 2018
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PART 7Supplementary and final provision
Framework for Data Processing by Government
194Effect of the Framework
(1)
When carrying out processing of personal data which is the subject of a document issued under section 192(3) which is for the time being in force, a person must have regard to the document.
(2)
A failure to act in accordance with a provision of such a document does not of itself make a person liable to legal proceedings in a court or tribunal.
(3)
A document issued under section 192(3), including an amendment or replacement document, is admissible in evidence in legal proceedings.
(4)
In any legal proceedings before a court or tribunal, the court or tribunal must take into account a provision of any document issued under section 192(3) in determining a question arising in the proceedings if—
(a)
the question relates to a time when the provision was in force, and
(b)
the provision appears to the court or tribunal to be relevant to the question.
(5)
In determining a question arising in connection with the carrying out of any of the Commissioner’s functions, the Commissioner must take into account a provision of a document issued under section 192(3) if—
(a)
the question relates to a time when the provision was in force, and
(b)
the provision appears to the Commissioner to be relevant to the question.