This section applies to a duty or power to process information where the duty or power is imposed or conferred by or by virtue of any provision of this Part.
A duty or power to which this section applies does not operate to require or authorise the processing of information which would contravene the data protection legislation (but the duty or power is to be taken into account in determining whether the processing would contravene that legislation).
In this section "the data protection legislation" has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).