SCHEDULE 2 The Commissioner and the Tribunal
Part I Provision consequential on s. 18(1) and (2)
General
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(1)
Any reference in any enactment, instrument or document to the Data Protection Commissioner or the Data Protection Registrar shall be construed, in relation to any time after the commencement of section 18(1), as a reference to the Information Commissioner.
(2)
F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F21A
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills, in respect of information held for purposes other than those of the functions exercisable by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills by virtue of section 5(1)(a)(iii) of the Care Standards Act 2000.
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(1)
Any reference in this Act or in any instrument under this Act to the Commissioner shall be construed, in relation to any time before the commencement of section 18(1), as a reference to the Data Protection Commissioner.
(2)
F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51)
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(1)
“Information Commissioner.”
(2)
F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)
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“Information Commissioner”.
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F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11)
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In Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972 (employment with superannuation scheme), for “Data Protection Commissioner” there is substituted “
Information Commissioner
”
.
Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39)
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In section 159 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (correction of wrong information), in subsections (7) and (8)(b), for “Data Protection Commissioner”, in both places where it occurs, there is substituted “
Information Commissioner
”
.
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
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(1)
“The Information Tribunal”.
(2)
“The Information Commissioner”.
Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)
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(1)
“The Information Tribunal”.
(2)
“The Information Commissioner”.
Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53)
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In paragraph 14 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (tribunals under direct supervision of Council on Tribunals)—
(a)
in sub-paragraph (a), for “The Data Protection Commissioner” there is substituted “
The Information Commissioner
”
, and
(b)
F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8)
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F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12
In Schedule 7 to that Act (retirement dates: transitional provisions), in paragraph 5(5)(xxvi) for “the Data Protection Tribunal” there is substituted “
the Information Tribunal
”
.
Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29)
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(1)
Section 6 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Data Protection Commissioner and the Data Protection Tribunal) is amended as follows.
(2)
“(1)
For the purposes of this Act and of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 there shall be an officer known as the Information Commissioner (in this Act referred to as “the Commissioner”).”
(3)
F8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
In section 70(1) of that Act (supplementary definitions)—
(a)
in the definition of “the Commissioner”, for “the Data Protection Commissioner” there is substituted “
the Information Commissioner
”
, and
(b)
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(1)
Schedule 5 to that Act (the Data Protection Commissioner and the Data Protection Tribunal) is amended as follows.
(2)
In paragraph 1(1), for “Data Protection Commissioner” there is substituted “
Information Commissioner
”
.
(3)
Part III shall cease to have effect.