At 5:34 pm +0000 18/10/00, Edwina Withe wrote:
>For Local Gov Colleagues
>
>Can anybody tell me under which section of the DP Act 1998, the
>Statutory Instrument Access to Personal Files (Housing) Regulations
>1989 (DET 8394)is referred to?
>
>Thks for your help
>
>Edwina Withe
>Data Protection Officer
>Bracknell Forest B C
>
>
The parent legislation, the Access to Personal Files Act 1987, is
repealed by DPA98, and the regulations under it go too. See Schedule
16
Similar provisions are recreated towards the end of the DPA, in
relation to 'accessible public records', see Schedule 12 and section
68.
Maurice Frankel
Campaign for Freedom of Information
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