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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Cross Heading: Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29).

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Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29)U.K.
13(1)Section 6 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Data Protection Commissioner and the Data Protection Tribunal) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)For subsection (1) there is substituted—
“(1)For the purposes of this Act and of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 there shall be an officer known as the Information Commissioner (in this Act referred to as “the Commissioner”).”
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
Commencement Information
14U.K.In section 70(1) of that Act (supplementary definitions)—
(a)in the definition of “the Commissioner”, for “the Data Protection Commissioner” there is substituted “ the Information Commissioner ”, and
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
Commencement Information
15(1)Schedule 5 to that Act (the Data Protection Commissioner and the Data Protection Tribunal) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In paragraph 1(1), for “Data Protection Commissioner” there is substituted “ Information Commissioner ”.
(3)Part III shall cease to have effect.
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