Part 5: The Information Commissioner Section 127: Effect of codes issued under section 125(4)
This section sets out the legal effect of codes published under section 125. It states that a code issued under section 125(3) is admissible in evidence in legal proceedings; and that a court or tribunal and the Information Commissioner must take a relevant provision of the code into account when determining a question arising in proceedings or in connection with the carrying out of the Commissioner’s functions under the data protection legislation respectively.