in the course of processing the data for the data controller, but does not
include a person to whom disclosure is made with respect to a particular
inquiry pursuant to an enactment;
“registered company” means a company registered under any enactment
related to an incorporated or unincorporated entity for the time being in
force in the country;
“Regulations” means Regulations made under this Act; “relevant
authority” means
(a) a government department,
(b) local authority, or
(c) any other statutory authority;
“relevant filing system” means any set of data that relates to
an individual which although not processed by means of equipment
operating automatically in response to instructions given for processing
that data, the set is structured, either by reference to an individual or by
reference to a criteria that relates to the individual in a manner that
specific information which relates to a particular individual is readily
accessible;
“relevant function” means
(a) a function conferred on a person by or under an enactment,
(b) a function of the government, a Minister of State or a government
department, or
(c) any other function which is of a public nature and is exercised in
the public interest;
“relevant record” means any record that relates to a conviction or caution held
by a law enforcement agency or security agency;
“research purposes” includes statistical or historical purposes; “security
agency” means an agency connected with national
security as determined by the National Security Council; “special
personal data” means personal data which consists of
information that relates to
(a) the race, colour, ethnic or tribal origin of the data subject;
(b) the political opinion of the data subject;
(c) the religious beliefs or other beliefs of a similar
nature, of the data subject;
(d) the physical, medical, mental health or mental condition or DNA of
the data subject;
(e) the sexual orientation of the data subject;
(f) the commission or alleged commission of an
offence by the individual; or
(g) proceedings for an offence committed or alleged to have been
committed by the individual, the disposal
of such proceedings or the sentence of any court in the proceedings;
“special purposes” means any one or more of the following: