Commentary on provisions of Act Section 25: Disclosure of data relating to drivers’ cards for tachographs
This section allows the continuation of data sharing related to drivers’ cards for tachographs. This data sharing is currently in place and this provision allows this data sharing to continue in the same manner after the end of the Transition Period.
	Subsection (1) allows the Secretary of State to continue to disclose data held on Great Britain (GB) electronic registers.
	Subsection (2) allows the Department for Infrastructure for Northern Ireland to disclose data held on Northern Ireland electronic registers. This data is disclosed to allow for the interconnection and accessibility of electronic registers so that the TACHOnet messaging system may be used throughout the EU and the UK to exchange data related to drivers’ cards for tachographs. This will allow licencing authorities in the UK and the EU to make the necessary checks when they receive a driver card application and for roadside enforcement.
	Subsections (1) and (2) also enable control officers to access the electronic registers to these electronic registers to check the status of a driver card.
	Subsection (3) confirms that disclosures under this provision do not breach obligations of confidence owed by the Secretary of State and the Department for Infrastructure and that the disclosures under this provision do not breach any other restrictions on the disclosure of this data.
	Subsection (4) states that the sharing of data related to drivers’ hours for tachographs does not contravene data protection legislation, whilst subsection (5) clarifies that the data may also be disclosed where permitted by other enactment or rule of law.
	Subsection (6) defines terms used in this section.