Legislation – Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
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Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, Section 30 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 21 December 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 30:
- Pt. 2 Ch. 3A inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 28
- s. 44F inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 29
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Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- Pt. 2 Ch. 3A inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 28
- s. 44F inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 29
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30Information: supplementary
(1)
A person may not be required under section 29 to disclose information that the person could not be compelled to disclose in proceedings before the High Court.
(2)
A disclosure of information required or authorised by sections 27 to 29 does not breach—
(a)
any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or
(b)
any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).
(3)
But sections 27 to 29 do not require or authorise a disclosure of information that—
(a)
would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether a disclosure would do so, the duty imposed or power conferred by the section in question is to be taken into account), or
(b)
is prohibited by any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
(4)
Sections 27 to 29 do not affect any duty or power to disclose information apart from those sections.
(5)
In this section “data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(9) of that Act).