I've just done a quick search on Lawtel and there are 38 statutory
instruments (excluding drafts) which refer to the 1998 Data Protection
Act. These include SIs which:
set out the special exemptions which apply to health, social work and
social work subject access requests;
amend the list of health professionals which have standing in relation
to requests for access to health records;
deal with the tribunal's powers and procedures;
deal with cost limits for access to unstructured data;
deal with fees (eg for notification) under the DPA
set out the circumstances in which sensitive personal data can be
processed in the public interest;
amend the Scottish FOI Act to take account of certain DP requirements
or amend the DP Act to take account of devolution;
set aside the DPA for steps taken by a French immigration official
acting in a UK 'control zone';
designate various broadcasting codes of practice for the purpose of s
32 of the DPA;
exempt information about Crown appointments including the poet
laureate, the provost of Eton and "deans and canons of the two Royal
Peculiars" from the subject access provisions.
etc.
Maurice Frankel
Campaign for Freedom of Information
On 7 Jul 2005, at 12:13, Tim Turner wrote:
> The likelihood of any public body doing something like this is quite
> limited, as your tone implies.
>
> Could I propose that this group is knowledgeable and proactive enough
> to
> submit all of the statutory instruments and amendments of which we are
> collectively aware, and then at least something approaching a list
> might
> emerge? For example, as an easy start, you have Sections 69 - 73 and
> Schedule 6 of the Freedom of Information Act.
>
> If other contributors were willing, I would be happy to monitor this
> thread
> and compile a list of the suggestions, which after a reasonable
> period, I
> could publish on the thread. I would also do some searching on OPSI and
> other sources to see what else I could find. That way, we might not
> get the
> whole thing, but it would be better than anything that's out there
> already.
>
> Tim Turner
> Wigan Council
>
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>> From: Paul Ticher[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> Reply To: Paul Ticher
>> Sent: 07 July 2005 09:22
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [data-protection] Data Protection Act
>>
>> Yes, but searching the OPSI web site for "data protection act" brings
>> up
>> over 1,000 hits. Like others, I would find it so useful to have a
>> properly
>> compiled list somewhere of changes or, even better, a version of the
>> Act
>> as
>> it is currently in force. Surely a public agency somewhere - the
>> Information Commissioner's Office, now there's an idea - could
>> maintain
>> something like that.
>>
>> Paul Ticher
>> 0116 273 8191
>> 22 Stoughton Drive North, Leicester LE5 5UB
>>
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>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Simon Howarth (WSL)" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 9:23 AM
>> Subject: Re: Data Protection Act
>>
>>
>>> Caroline,
>>>
>>> Go to http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ and do a search for "data protection
>>> act"
>> you
>>> will see the Act as published by the Government and also it should
>>> pull
>> up
>>> any amendments that have been published separately. It is my
>> understanding
>>> that once an Act is published it is not directly amended unless the
>>> Act
>> is
>>> reintroduced, but annexes and amendments are published as extra
>> documents -
>>> I am willing to stand corrected on this however.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Simon Howarth.
>>>
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>>> Sent: 06 July 2005 09:17
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>>> Subject: [data-protection] Data Protection Act
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know whether the Data Protection Act on the information
>>> commissioners website is the most recent version? If there is a more
>> recent
>>> version do you know where I can access it on-line?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Caroline
>>>
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