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        Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        Part I Preliminary
        1. Basic interpretative provisions.
        2. Sensitive personal data.
        3. The special purposes.
        4. The data protection principles.
        5. Application of Act.
        6. The Commissioner and the Tribunal.
        Part II Rights of data subjects and others
        7. Right of access to personal data.
        8. Provisions supplementary to section 7.
        9. Application of section 7 where data controller is credit reference agency.
        9A. Unstructured personal data held by public authorities.
        10. Right to prevent processing likely to cause damage or distress.
        11. Right to prevent processing for purposes of direct marketing.
        12. Rights in relation to automated decision-taking.
        12A. Rights of data subjects in relation to exempt manual data.
        13. Compensation for failure to comply with certain requirements.
        14. Rectification, blocking, erasure and destruction.
        15. Jurisdiction and procedure.
        Part III Notification by data controllers
        16. Preliminary.
        17. Prohibition on processing without registration.
        18. Notification by data controllers.
        19. Register of notifications.
        20. Duty to notify changes.
        21. Offences.
        22. Preliminary assessment by Commissioner.
        23. Power to make provision for appointment of data protection supervisors.
        24. Duty of certain data controllers to make certain information available.
        25. Functions of Commissioner in relation to making of notification regulations.
        26. Fees regulations.
        Part IV Exemptions
        27. Preliminary.
        28. National security.
        29. Crime and taxation.
        30. Health, education and social work.
        31. Regulatory activity.
        32. Journalism, literature and art.
        33. Research, history and statistics.
        33A. Manual data held by public authorities.
        34. Information available to the public by or under enactment.
        35. Disclosures required by law or made in connection with legal proceedings etc.
        35A. Parliamentary privilege.
        36. Domestic purposes.
        37. Miscellaneous exemptions.
        38. Powers to make further exemptions by order.
        39. Transitional relief.
        Part V Enforcement
        40. Enforcement notices.
        41. Cancellation of enforcement notice.
        42. Request for assessment.
        43. Information notices.
        44. Special information notices.
        45. Determination by Commissioner as to the special purposes.
        46. Restriction on enforcement in case of processing for the special purposes.
        47. Failure to comply with notice.
        48. Rights of appeal.
        49. Determination of appeals.
        50. Powers of entry and inspection.
        Part VI Miscellaneous and General
        Functions of Commissioner
        51. General duties of Commissioner.
        52. Reports and codes of practice to be laid before Parliament.
        53. Assistance by Commissioner in cases involving processing for the special purposes.
        54. International co-operation.
        54A Inspection of overseas information systems
        Unlawful obtaining etc. of personal data
        55. Unlawful obtaining etc. of personal data.
        Records obtained under data subject's right of access
        56. Prohibition of requirement as to production of certain records.
        57. Avoidance of certain contractual terms relating to health records.
        Information provided to Commissioner or Tribunal
        58. Disclosure of information.
        59. Confidentiality of information.
        General provisions relating to offences
        60. Prosecutions and penalties.
        61. Liability of directors etc.
        Amendments of Consumer Credit Act 1974
        62. Amendments of Consumer Credit Act 1974.
        General
        63. Application to Crown.
        63A. Application to Parliament.
        64. Transmission of notices etc. by electronic or other means.
        65. Service of notices by Commissioner.
        66. Exercise of rights in Scotland by children.
        67. Orders, regulations and rules.
        68. Meaning of"accessible record".
        69. Meaning of"health professional".
        70. Supplementary definitions.
        71. Index of defined expressions.
        72. Modifications of Act.
        73. Transitional provisions and savings.
        74. Minor and consequential amendments and repeals and revocations.
        75. Short title, commencement and extent.
        Schedules
        SCHEDULE 1 The data protection principles
        Part I The principles
        Part II Interpretation of the principles in Part I
        SCHEDULE 2 Conditions relevant for purposes of the first principle: processing of any personal data
        SCHEDULE 3 Conditions relevant for purposes of the first principle: processing of sensitive personal data
        SCHEDULE 4 Cases where the eighth principle does not apply
        SCHEDULE 5 The Data Protection Commissioner and the Data Protection Tribunal
        Part I The Commissioner
        Part II The Tribunal
        Part III {no text}
        SCHEDULE 6 Appeal proceedings
        SCHEDULE 7 Miscellaneous exemptions
        SCHEDULE 8 Transitional relief
        Part I Interpretation of Schedule
        Part II Exemptions available before 24th October 2001
        Part III Exemptions available after 23rd October 2001 but before 24th October 2007
        Part IV Exemptions after 23rd October 2001 for historical research
        Part V Exemption from section 22
        SCHEDULE 9 Powers of entry and inspection
        SCHEDULE 10 Further provisions relating to assistance under section 53
        SCHEDULE 11 Educational records
        SCHEDULE 12 Accessible public records
        SCHEDULE 13 Modifications of Act having effect before 24th October 2007
        SCHEDULE 14 Transitional provisions and savings
        SCHEDULE 15 Minor and consequential amendments
        SCHEDULE 16 Repeals and revocations
        Part I Repeals
        Part II Revocations

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