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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-regulation-of-financial-services-etc-subject-access-exemption-order-1987/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1905",
  "legislation_title": "The Data Protection (Regulation of Financial Services etc.) (Subject Access Exemption) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-regulation-of-financial-services-etc-subject-access-exemption-order-1987",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nSection 30 of the Data Protection Act 1984 provides that personal data held for the purpose of discharging statutory functions which are designated by the Secretary of State by an order made under that section shall be exempt from the subject access provisions of the Act in any case in which the application of those provisions to the data would be likely to prejudice the proper discharge of those functions. The functions that may be designated are those conferred by or under any enactment appearing to the Secretary of State to be designed for protecting members of the public against financial loss due to dishonesty, incompetence or malpractice by persons concerned in the provision of banking, insurance, investment or other financial services or in the management of companies or to the conduct of discharged or undischarged bankrupts.\nSection 190 of the Financial Services Act 1986 provides that an order made under that section may designate certain additional functions for the purposes of section 30 as if they were functions conferred by or under an enactment, namely certain functions of recognised self-regulating organisations, recognised professional bodies and recognised self-regulating organisations of friendly societies.\nThis Order designates functions for the purposes of section 30. Schedule 1 sets out the designated functions which are conferred by or under an enactment and Schedule 2 sets out the designated functions which are of a type mentioned in section 190 of the Financial Services Act.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1905/note",
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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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