Data Protection Act 2018

Regulatory functions relating to legal services, the health service and children’s services

10 (1) The listed GDPR provisions do not apply to personal data processed for the purposes of discharging a function listed in sub-paragraph (2) to the extent that the application of those provisions would be likely to prejudice the proper discharge of the function.

(2) The functions are—

(a) a function of the Legal Services Board;

(b) the function of considering a complaint under the scheme established under Part 6 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (legal complaints);

(c) the function of considering a complaint under—

(i) section 14 of the NHS Redress Act 2006,

(ii) section 113(1) or (2) or section 114(1) or (3) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003,

(iii) section 24D or 26 of the Children Act 1989, or

(iv) Part 2A of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005;

(d) the function of considering a complaint or representations under Chapter 1 of Part 10 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4).