(1) A disclosure of information under regulation 108 or 108A does not breach any restriction on such disclosure imposed by statute or otherwise.
(2) But nothing in those regulations authorises a disclosure that -
(a) contravenes the data protection legislation, or
(b) is prohibited by any of Parts 1 to 7 or Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 [2016 c.25.].
(3) Nothing in this Part is to be read as requiring a person who has acted or is acting as counsel or solicitor for any person to disclose any privileged information in their possession in that capacity.
(4) Regulations 108 and 108A do not limit the circumstances in which information may be disclosed apart from those regulations.
(5) Nothing in this Part limits any conditions which may be contained in a licence or direction under Part 9.
(6) In this regulation -
"the data protection legislation" has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act);
"privileged information" means in
…