Part IVExemptions

35Disclosures required by law or made in connection with legal proceedings etc

1

Personal data are exempt from the non-disclosure provisions where the disclosure is required by or under any enactment, by any rule of law or by the order of a court.

2

Personal data are exempt from the non-disclosure provisions where the disclosure is necessary—

a

for the purpose of, or in connection with, any legal proceedings (including prospective legal proceedings), or

b

for the purpose of obtaining legal advice,

or is otherwise necessary for the purposes of establishing, exercising or defending legal rights.