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UK Law Reference
All sections of Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023
2023 c. 55, s.246

Section 246 — Data protection

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This version in force from 2023-10-26

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) This section applies to a duty or power, to disclose or use information, imposed or conferred by or under any provision of this Act, other than section 86 (in relation to which see subsection (2) of that section).

(2) A duty or power to which this section applies does not operate to require or authorise the disclosure or use of information which 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) In this section “data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).