Section 194: Effect of the Framework

Data Protection Act 2018 · 2018 c. 12View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 7: Supplementary and final provision

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.

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.

A document issued under section 192(3), including an amendment or replacement document, is admissible in evidence in legal proceedings.

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—

the question relates to a time when the provision was in force, and
the provision appears to the court or tribunal to be relevant to the question.

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—

the question relates to a time when the provision was in force, and
the provision appears to the Commissioner to be relevant to the question.

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