[F1 PART 3 U.K.Transitional and saving provision under the withdrawal agreement and the EEA EFTA separation agreement

Textual Amendments

F1 Pts. 3, 4 substituted for Pt. 3 (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Professional Qualifications and Services (Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1038), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 4

24.— (1) The modifications to the 1997 Act referred to in regulation 23(3) are as set out in the following paragraphs. U.K.

(2) Section 5E(2) (complaints by recipients of services) of the 1997 Act has effect as if after “correctly pursued” there were inserted “in accordance with data protection legislation within the meaning of section 3(9) of the Data Protection Act 2018”.

(3) Section 22C (confidentiality) of the 1997 Act has effect as if—

(a) in subsection (2)—

(i) paragraph (b) (but not the final “and”) were omitted;

(ii) in paragraph (c)(ii), for “by a Directive-rights national” there were substituted “in reliance on section 4(2A)”; and

(b) in subsection (4), for the words from “which,” to the end there were substituted “which in the course of the carrying out of the authority’s functions under section 4 or 4A is disclosed by or on behalf of the authority to a competent authority of a relevant European State.”.

(4) Section 25 (interpretation) of the 1997 Act has effect as if the definition of “relevant European State” includes the United Kingdom.]

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 24 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)