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Section 29: Processing to which this Part applies

Data Protection Act 2018 · 2018 c. 12View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Law enforcement processing — CHAPTER 1: Scope and definitions

This Part applies to—

the processing by a competent authority of personal data wholly or partly by automated means, and
the processing by a competent authority otherwise than by automated means of personal data which forms part of a filing system or is intended to form part of a filing system.

This Part does not apply to processing to which Part 4 applies by virtue of a designation notice (see section 82A).

Any reference in this Part to the processing of personal data is to processing to which this Part applies.

For the meaning of "competent authority", see section 30.

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