Further to my previous post:
It seems that the literal construction is :-
(a) offence means 'criminal offence
(b) 'or' means in your quote from s.2(g) either an actual offence /or/
an allegation that such an offence has been committed.
Nigel
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Nigel Roberts FBCS DipEngLaw (Open)
Gerry Dane wrote:
> Thanks for responses, but if I could be forgiven for bringing this
> discussion back to its root.
>
> "Section 2(g) of Part 1 "the commission or alleged commission by him of
> ANY offence" (my capitals)
>
> Question: Could this include a disciplinary offence? (eg Plagiarism?) -
> OIC are unsure - Does it just refer to offences under law, or"?
>
> In this context then, is the key legislative word in fact 'or'? ie Is it
> the logical operator that needs to be taken into account when
> understanding 'any', if so how does it operate? ie How do we read 'or'
> in the context of 2 (g) of Part 1?
>
> What is it about that operator that means we are in fact dealing only
> with offences under law in the context of sensitive personal data? At
> the moment I read it as separating out the conditional statements rather
> than joining them (for which I would expect to see 'and'.
>
> Rgds,
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> Gerry.
> Newcastle University
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