SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7U.K. Miscellaneous exemptions

Crown employment and Crown or Ministerial appointmentsU.K.

F14(1) The [F2Lord Chancellor] may by order exempt from the subject information provisions personal data processed for the purposes of assessing any person’s suitability for—

(a)employment by or under the Crown, or

(b)any office to which appointments are made by Her Majesty, by a Minister of the Crown or by a [F3Northern Ireland authority].

[F4(2)In this paragraph “Northern Ireland authority” means the First Minister, the deputy First Minister, a Northern Ireland Minister or a Northern Ireland department.]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 7 para. 4 renumbered as Sch. 7 para. 4(1) (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, s. 99, Sch. 13 para. 21(1) (with s. 95); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.

F2Words in Sch. 7 para. 4 substituted (26.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3500, art. 8, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 6(1)(dd)

F3Words in Sch. 7 para. 4 substituted (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, s. 99, Sch. 13 para. 21(1) (with s. 95); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.

F4Sch. 7 para. 4(2) inserted (as renumbered) (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, s. 99, Sch. 13 para. 21(2) (with s. 95); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 7 para. 4 wholly in force at 1.3.2000; Sch. 7 para. 4 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 75(2)(i); Sch. 7 para. 4 in force at 1.3.2000 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 2000/183, art. 2(1)