Personal data are exempt from—
(a)the subject information provisions,
(b)the fourth data protection principle and [F1sections 12A and 14(1) to (3).], and
(c)the non-disclosure provisions,
if the data consist of information which the data controller is obliged by or under any enactment [F2other than an enactment contained in the Freedom of Information Act 2000] to make available to the public, whether by publishing it, by making it available for inspection, or otherwise and whether gratuitously or on payment of a fee.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 34(b) substituted (temp. from 1.3.2000 to 23.10.2007) by 1998 c. 29, s. 72, Sch. 13 para. 3; S.I. 2000/183, art. 2(1)
F2Words in s. 34 inserted (30.11.2002) by 2000 c. 36, ss. 72, 87(3) (with ss. 56, 78); S.I. 2002/2812, art. 2