PART 3Interpretation of Schedule 5
14. In this Schedule—
(a)“processor” means any person who provides a service which consists of putting information into data form or processing information in data form and any reference to a processor includes a reference to the processor’s employees;
(b)“public function” includes—
(i)any function conferred by or in accordance with any provision contained in any enactment(1);
(ii)any function conferred by or in accordance with any provision contained in the EU Treaties or any EU instrument;
(iii)any similar function conferred on persons by or under provisions having effect as part of the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom; and
(iv)any function exercisable in relation to the investigation of any criminal offence or for the purpose of any criminal proceedings;
(c)any reference to an employee of any person who has access to information includes any person working or providing services for the purposes of that person or employed by or on behalf of, or working for, any person who is so working or who is supplying such a service; and
(d)any reference to the disclosure for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out of a public function includes disclosure in relation to, and for the purpose of, any proceedings whether civil, criminal or disciplinary in which the specified public authority engages while carrying out its public functions.
See section 1293 of the Companies Act 2006 for the meaning of “enactment”; section 1293 was amended by section 90(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26).