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Section 5 DefinitionsI1C1

(1)

Terms used in F1... this Part and in the F2UK GDPR have the same meaning in F3this Part as they have in the UK GDPR.

(2)

In subsection (1), the reference to a term's meaning in the F4UK GDPR is to its meaning in the UK GDPR read with any provision of F5this Part which modifies the term's meaning for the purposes of the UK GDPR.

(3)

Subsection (1) is subject to any provision in F6this Part which provides expressly for the term to have a different meaning and to section 204.

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(7)

A reference in F8... this Part to the processing of personal data is to processing to which F9this Part applies.

(8)

Sections 3 and 205 include definitions of other expressions used in this Part.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 5(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(2)(a) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Words in s. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(2)(b) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in s. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(2)(c) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Words in s. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(3)(a) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5

Words in s. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(3)(b) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6

Words in s. 5(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(4) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7

S. 5(4)(5)(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(5) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8

Words in s. 5(7) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(6)(a) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F9

Words in s. 5(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(6)(b) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Modifications

C1

S. 5: power to amend conferred (19.6.2025 for specified purposes, 20.8.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Regulation (EU) 679/2016, Art. 11A(3) (as inserted by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 74(1), 142(1)(2)(h); S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(c))

Commencement

I1

S. 5 in force at 25.5.2018 by S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(b)