Part 13: General Section 246: Data protection Effect
Section 246 makes explicit provision for the compatibility of the Act with data protection legislation.
	Subsections (1) and (2) provide that, where the Act operates to create a requirement or ability to disclose information, those requirements and abilities do not override data protection legislation although their existence is a relevant factor in determining compatibility of disclosure with data protection legislation (except for section 86 (power to require certain planning data to be made publicly available), for which see section 86(2)).
	Subsection (3) provides that "data protection legislation" should be interpreted in accordance with the definition of "data protection legislation" in section 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018.