Regulation 22 Processing of information and the purposes for which processing may be carried out

(1)

This regulation relates to information notified or reported to the Secretary of State, or a person authorised by the Secretary of State, under regulation 3(2), 4 or 21.

(2)

The purposes for which the information referred to in paragraph (1) may be processed^f1 are—

(a)

helping persons in agri-food supply chains^f2 to manage risks or market volatility;

(b)

promoting transparency or fairness in agri-food supply chains; and

(c)

monitoring, or analysing, markets connected with agri-food supply chains.

(3)

The types of processing which may be carried out with the information referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a)

collection, recording, organisation, structuring or storage;

(b)

adaptation or alteration;

(c)

retrieval, consultation or use;

(d)

disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available;

(e)

alignment or combination; or

(f)

restriction, erasure or destruction.

(4)

Information provided under regulation 21 may only be disclosed under paragraph (3)(d) in anonymised form.

(5)

Information provided under regulations 3(2) or 4 may be disclosed under paragraph (3)(d) in any form.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: “Processing” is defined in section 27(10) of the Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21) as “an operation or set of operations which is performed on information, or on sets of information”.
f2: See section 24 of the Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21) (meaning of “agri-food supply chain”).