15(1)The Data Protection Act 1998 is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In section 56 (prohibition of requirement as to production of certain records) in the table in subsection (6)—
(a)in the second column of the entry relating to the Secretary of State, after paragraph (f) insert—
| “ | (g) His functions under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.” |
(b)after the entry relating to the Department of Health and Social Services in Northern Ireland insert—
| “4. The Independent Barring Board | Its functions under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.” |
(3)In section 75 (commencement etc.), after subsection (4) insert—
“(4A)Subsection (4) does not apply to section 56 so far as that section relates to a record containing information relating to—
(a)the Secretary of State's functions under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, or
(b)the Independent Barring Board's functions under that Act.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 9 para. 15 in force at 19.5.2008 by S.I. 2008/1320, art. 3