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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/schedule-3/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/16",
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  "number": "16",
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  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies to a record of information which—\n(a) is processed by or on behalf of the Board of Governors, proprietor or trustees of, or a teacher at, a school in Northern Ireland specified in sub-paragraph (3),\n(b) relates to an individual who is or has been a pupil at the school, and\n(c) originated from, or was supplied by or on behalf of, any of the persons specified in sub-paragraph (4).\n(2) But this paragraph does not apply to information which is processed by a teacher solely for the teacher's own use.\n(3) The schools referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) are—\n(a) a grant-aided school;\n(b) an independent school.\n(4) The persons referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(c) are—\n(a) a teacher at the school;\n(b) an employee of the Education Authority, other than a teacher at the school;\n(c) an employee of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools, other than a teacher at the school;\n(d) the pupil to whom the record relates;\n(e) a parent, as defined by Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3)).\n(5) In this paragraph, “grant-aided school”, “independent school”, “proprietor” and “trustees” have the same meaning as in the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3)).",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 16 in force at 25.5.2018 by S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(b)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/schedule/3/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:55.804064+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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