Part 3: Law enforcement processing Chapter 5: Transfers of personal data to third countries etc Section 77: Transfers of personal data to persons other than relevant authorities
In specific individual cases, the regular procedures requiring transfer of personal data to a relevant authority in a third country may be ineffective or inappropriate, in particular because the transfer could not be carried out in a timely manner, or because that authority in the third country does not respect the rule of law or international human rights norms and standards, so that a competent authority could decide to transfer personal data directly to recipients established in those third countries. This may be the case where there is an urgent need to transfer personal data to save the life of a person who is in danger of becoming a victim of a criminal offence or in the interest of preventing an imminent perpetration of a crime, including terrorism.
	Such a transfer between competent authorities and recipients established in third countries should take place only in specific individual cases, and subject to the specific provisions of this Part of the Act. These provisions should not be considered to be derogations from any existing bilateral or multilateral international agreements in the field of judicial cooperation in criminal matters and police cooperation. Those rules should apply in addition to the other rules in Part 3 and with particular regard to the lawfulness of processing.