SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7 Miscellaneous exemptions
Crown employment and Crown or Ministerial appointments
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The F2 Secretary of State may by order exempt from the subject information provisions personal data processed for the purposes of assessing any person’s suitability for—
a
employment by or under the Crown, or
b
any office to which appointments are made by Her Majesty, by a Minister of the Crown or by a F3Northern Ireland authority.
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In this paragraph “Northern Ireland authority” means the First Minister, the deputy First Minister, a Northern Ireland Minister or a Northern Ireland department.