Legislation – Subsidy Control Act 2022
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PART 6Miscellaneous and general
CHAPTER 1Miscellaneous
80Disclosure of information
(1)
This section applies to a duty or power to disclose or use information where the duty or power is imposed or conferred by or under any provision of this Act.
(2)
A duty or power to which this section applies does not operate to require or authorise the disclosure or use of information if the disclosure or use would contravene the data protection legislation (but the duty or power is to be taken into account in determining whether the disclosure or use would contravene that legislation).
(3)
“Subsidy Control Act 2022.”
(4)
For the purposes of the law relating to defamation, absolute privilege attaches to any advice given, or report made, by the CMA (or a person acting on the CMA’s behalf) in the exercise of any functions of the CMA under this Act.
(5)
In this section “data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).