Data Protection Act 2018

Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3391)

306 (1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1), at the appropriate places, insert—

• ““the data protection principles” means the principles set out in—

  (a)

  Article 5(1) of the GDPR,

  (b)

  section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018, and

  (c)

  section 85(1) of that Act;”;

• ““data subject” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act);”;

• ““the GDPR” and references to a provision of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Data Protection Act 2018 have the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of that Act (see section 3(10), (11) and (14) of that Act);”;

• ““personal data” has the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(2) and (14) of that Act);”.

(3) For paragraph (4) substitute—

“(4A) In these Regulations, references to the Data Protection Act 2018 have effect as if in Chapter 3 of Part 2 of that Act (other general processing)—

(a) the references to an FOI public authority were references to a public authority as defined in these Regulations, and

(b) the references to personal data held by such an authority were to be interpreted in accordance with regulation 3(2).”