Regulation 2 Qualifying competent authorities

The following competent authorities are qualifying competent authorities^f1 for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018—

(a)

any United Kingdom government department other than a non-ministerial government department;

(b)

the chief constable of a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996^f2;

(c)

the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis;

(d)

the Commissioner of Police for the City of London;

(e)

the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

(f)

the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland;

(g)

the chief constable of the British Transport Police;

(h)

the chief constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary;

(i)

the chief constable of the Ministry of Defence Police;

(j)

the Provost Marshal of the Royal Navy Police;

(k)

the Provost Marshal of the Royal Military Police;

(l)

the Provost Marshal of the Royal Air Force Police;

(m)

the Provost Marshal for serious crime;

(n)

the chief officer of—

(i)

a body of constables appointed under provision incorporating section 79 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847^f3;

(ii)

a body of constables appointed under an order made under section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964^f4;

(iii)

the body of constables appointed under section 154 of the Port of London Act 1968^f5;

(o)

a body established in accordance with a collaboration agreement under section 22A of the Police Act 1996^f6;

(p)

the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

(q)

the Director General of the National Crime Agency;

(r)

His Majesty’s Land Registry;

(s)

the Parole Board for England and Wales;

(t)

the Parole Board for Scotland;

(u)

the Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland;

(v)

the Probation Board for Northern Ireland;

(w)

a person who is, under or by virtue of any enactment, responsible for securing the electronic monitoring of an individual.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: “Qualifying competent authority” is defined in section 82(2A) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
f2: 1996 c. 16; section 2 was amended by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), Schedule 16, paragraph 4.
f3: 1847 c. 27.
f4: 1964 c. 40; section 14 was amended by the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), Schedule 2, paragraph 9; the Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42), Schedule 3, paragraph 1; the Transport Act 1981 (c. 56), section 40 and Schedule 6, paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 14 and Schedule 12 (Part 2); the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 46; the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), section 289G (as inserted by section 54 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48)); S.I. 2006/1177 and S.I. 2009/1941.
f5: 1968 c. 32; section 154 was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71), Schedule 6 (Part 1).
f6: Section 22A was inserted by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), section 89(1) and (2), and was amended by the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), section 157(1), (2)(a) and (2)(b).