Data Protection Act 2018, Paragraph 55 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
55(1)The amendment of section 77 of the 2000 Act in Schedule 19 to this Act (offence of altering etc record with intent to prevent disclosure: omission of reference to section 7 of the 1998 Act) does not affect the application of that section after the relevant time in relation to a case in which—U.K.
(a)the request for information mentioned in section 77(1) of the 2000 Act was made before the relevant time, and
(b)when the request was made, section 77(1)(b) of the 2000 Act was satisfied by virtue of section 7 of the 1998 Act.
(2)In this paragraph, “the relevant time” means the time when the repeal of section 7 of the 1998 Act comes into force.
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