Schedules
Schedule 20Amendments of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29)
Part 4Restriction on use of information
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1
Paragraph 11 of Schedule 7 to that Act (miscellaneous exemptions: self incrimination) is amended as follows.
2
In sub-paragraph (1), for “other than an offence under this Act,” substitute “
, other than an offence under this Act or an offence within sub-paragraph (1A),
”
.
3
After that sub-paragraph insert—
1A
The offences mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) are—
a
an offence under section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911 (false statements made otherwise than on oath),
b
an offence under section 44(2) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (false statements made otherwise than on oath), or
c
an offence under Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (false statutory declarations and other false unsworn statements).