In this Part—

• F3“the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act);

• F2“enactment” includes—

  1. a

     an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978;

  2. b

     an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;

  3. c

     an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales;

  4. d

     an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation;

• F1...

• “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (c. 26);

• “Northern Ireland devolved statistics” has the meaning given by section 66(4);

• “Northern Ireland public authority” means a public authority whose functions—

  1. a

     are exercisable only or mainly in or as regards Northern Ireland, and

  2. b

     relate only or mainly to transferred matters;

• “official statistics” has the meaning given by section 6(1);

• “person responsible”, in relation to any official statistics, means—

  1. a

     in the case of official statistics produced by the Board, the National Statistician,

  2. b

     in the case of official statistics produced by a government department, the Minister in charge of the department, and

  3. c

     in any other case, the person producing the statistics;

• “personal information” has the meaning given by section 39(2);

• “public authority” (except in section 40(1)) means—

  1. a

     a person or body exercising functions of a public nature in the United Kingdom,

  2. b

     a person or body entirely or substantially funded from public money,

  3. c

     an office-holder appointed by a person or body falling within paragraph (a), or

  4. d

     a body more than half of whose governing body or members are appointed by a person or body falling within paragraph (a);

• “reserved matters” has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46);

• “rights and liabilities” includes rights and liabilities relating to employment;

• “Scottish devolved statistics” has the meaning given by section 66(1) and (2);

• “Scottish public authority” (except in section 40(3)) has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998;

• “transferred matters” has the same meaning as in the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47);

• “Welsh devolved statistics” has the meaning given by section 66(3);

• “Welsh ministerial authority” has the meaning given by section 6(5).