Application of enactments4

1

All frontier control enactments shall for the purpose of enabling officers belonging to the United Kingdom to carry out frontier controls extend—

a

to France within a control zone, and

b

to Belgium within a control zone.

2

Data used or processed in a control zone in Belgium, in connection with his responsibilities or duties, by a person who by virtue of section 38 of the Data Protection Act 19842 (“the 1984 Act”) falls to be treated for the purposes of the 1984 Act as a servant of a government department, or of a chief officer or other person or authority mentioned in subsection (3) of that section, shall be treated—

a

for the purposes of section 39(1) of the 1984 Act, as being held in the United Kingdom, and

b

for the purposes of section 39(5), as being used or intended to be used in the United Kingdom,

and the 1984 Act shall accordingly apply to the data.

3

Data used or processed in a control zone in the United Kingdom, in connection with his responsibilities or duties, by an officer belonging to the Kingdom of Belgium shall be treated—

a

for the purposes of section 39(1) of the 1984 Act, as being held outside the United Kingdom, and

b

for the purposes of section 39(5), as not being used or intended to be used in the United Kingdom,

and the 1984 Act shall accordingly not apply to the data.