Section 178 Review of processing of personal data for the purposes of journalismI1

The F1Commission must—

In this section—

• “good practice in the processing of personal data for the purposes of journalism” has the same meaning as in section 124;

• “review period” means—

  1. the period of 4 years beginning with the day on which Chapter 2 of Part 2 of this Act comes into force, and

  2. each subsequent period of 5 years beginning with the day after the day on which the previous review period ended.

The F2Commission must start a review under this section, in respect of a review period, within the period of 6 months beginning when the review period ends.

The F3Commission must submit the report of a review under this section to the Secretary of State—

The report must include consideration of the extent of compliance (as described in subsection (1)(a)) in each part of the United Kingdom.

The Secretary of State must—

Schedule 17 makes further provision for the purposes of a review under this section.