The Data Protection Act 1998 and Data Protection Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 2000, SI 2000/183



NOTES

  • Data Protection Act 1998 received Royal Assent on 2nd July 1998 and was mainly brought into force on 1st March 2000 by Data Protection Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 2000, SI 2000/183 (note: however the main parts of s.56 are still not in force as at 10th April 2007).
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    Click on a section number below to go to that section in the copy of the Data Protection Act 1998 as amended by the Freeedom of Information Act 1970 or click to go to the original wording of the Act on the government Acts of Parliament web site.

    Data Protection Act 1998 s.1 "Basic interpretative provisions."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.2 "Sensitive personal data."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.3 "The special purposes"
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.4 "The data protection principles."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.5 "Application of Act."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.6 "The Commissioner and the Tribunal."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.7 "Right of access to personal data."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.8 "Provisions supplementary to section 7."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.9 "Application of section 7 where data controller is credit reference agency."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.9A "Unstructured personal data held by public authorities."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.10 "Right to prevent processing likely to cause damage or distress."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.11 "Right to prevent processing for purposes of direct marketing."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.12 "Rights in relation to automated decision-taking."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.12A "Rights of data subjects in relation to exempt manual data."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.13 "Compensation for failure to comply with certain requirements."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.14 "Rectification, blocking, erasure and destruction."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.15 "Jurisdiction and procedure."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.16 "Preliminary."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.17 "Prohibition on processing without registration"
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.18 "Notification by data controllers."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.19 "Register of notifications."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.20 "Duty to notify changes."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.21 "Offences."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.22 "Preliminary assessment by Commissioner."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.23 "Power to make provision for appointment of data protection supervisors."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.24 "Duty of certain data controllers to make certain information available."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.25 "Functions of Commissioner in relation to making of notification regulations."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.26 "Fees regulations."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.27 "Preliminary."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.28 "National security."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.29 "Crime and taxation."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.30 "Health, education and social work."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.31 "Regulatory activity"
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.32 "Journalism, literature and art "
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.33 "Research, history and statistics"
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.33A "Manual data held by public authorities"
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.34 "Information available to the public by or under enactment"
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.35 "Disclosures required by law or made in connection with legal proceedings etc"
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.35A "Parliamentary privilege."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.36 "Domestic purposes."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.37 "Miscellaneous exemptions."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.38 "Powers to make further exemptions by order"
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.39 "Transitional relief"
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.40 "Enforcement notices."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.41 "Cancellation of enforcement notice."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.42 "Request for assessment."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.43 "Information notices."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.44 "Special information notices."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.45 "Determination by Commissioner as to the special purposes."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.46 "Restriction on enforcement in case of processing for the special purposes."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.47 "Failure to comply with notice."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.48 "Rights of appeal."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.49 "Determination of appeals."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.50 "Powers of entry and inspection."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.51 "General duties of Commissioner."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.52 "Reports and codes of practice to be laid before Parliament."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.53 "Assistance by Commissioner in cases involving processing for the special purposes."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.54 "International co-operation."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.55 "Unlawful obtaining etc. of personal data."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.56 "Records obtained under data subject's right of access - Prohibition of requirement as to production of certain records."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.57 "Avoidance of certain contractual terms relating to health records.
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.58 "Disclosure of information"
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.59 "Confidentiality of information."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.60 "Prosecutions and penalties."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.61 "Liability of directors etc."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.62 "Amendments of Consumer Credit Act 1974."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.63 "Application to Crown."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.63A "Application to Parliament."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.64 "Transmission of notices etc. by electronic or other means."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.65 "Service of notices by Commissioner."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.66 "Exercise of rights in Scotland by children"
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.67 "Orders, regulations and rules."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.68 "Meaning of "accessible record"
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.69 "Meaning of "health professional"."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.70 "Supplementary definitions."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.71 "Index of defined expressions."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.72 "Modifications of Act"
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.73 "Transitional provisions and savings."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.74 "Minor and consequential amendments and repeals and revocations."
    Data Protection Act 1998 s.75 "Short title, commencement and extent."
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.1 "THE DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES"
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.2 "CONDITIONS RELEVANT FOR PURPOSES OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLE: PROCESSING OF ANY PERSONAL DATA"
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.3 "CONDITIONS RELEVANT FOR PURPOSES OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLE: PROCESSING OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA"
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.4 "CASES WHERE THE EIGHTH PRINCIPLE DOES NOT APPLY"
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.5 "THE DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER AND THE DATA PROTECTION TRIBUNAL"
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.6 "APPEAL PROCEEDINGS"
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.7 "MISCELLANEOUS EXEMPTIONS"
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.8 "TRANSITIONAL RELIEF"
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.9 "POWERS OF ENTRY AND INSPECTION"
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.10 "FURTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO ASSISTANCE UNDER SECTION 53
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.11 "EDUCATIONAL RECORDS"
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.12 "ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC RECORDS"
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.13 "MODIFICATIONS OF ACT HAVING EFFECT BEFORE 24TH OCTOBER 2007
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.14 "TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS"
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.15 "MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS"
    Data Protection Act 1998 sch.16 "REPEALS AND REVOCATIONS"

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