Data Protection Act 1984

1984 c. 35

An Act to regulate the use of automatically processed information relating to individuals and the provision of services in respect of such information.

C1C2C3Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:
Commencement Information
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Act wholly in force at Royal Assent see s. 42; for application for registration under Pt. II of this Act see S.I. 1985/1055.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Act applied (2.8.1993) by S.I. 1993/1813, art. 4(2).

Act applied (1.9.1996) by S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1), art. 40, Sch. 4 para. 5(2); S.R. 1996/329, art. 4

Act applied (prosp.) by S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1), arts. 1(3)(d), 41(10)

C2

Act excluded (2.8.1993) by S.I. 1993/1813, art. 4(3).

C3

Act: crown status for the purposes of the Act extended (6.5.1999) by S.I. 1999/677, art. 7(1)