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Statutory Instruments
DATA PROTECTION
Made
20th September 2001
Laid before Parliament
1st October 2001
Coming into force
23rd October 2001
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 19(5) and 67(2) of, and paragraph 2(8) of Schedule 14 to, the Data Protection Act 1998(1), and after consultation with the Information Commissioner(2) in accordance with section 25(4)(b) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
The Data Protection Commissioner became the Information Commissioner on 30th January 2001 by virtue of sections 18(1) and 87(2)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36). The consultation requirement in section 25(4)(b) of the Data Protection Act 1998 now refers to the Information Commissioner as the definitions of “the Commissioner” in sections 6(1) and 70(1) of that Act have been amended by paragraphs 13(2) and 14(a) of Schedule 2 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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