Data Protection Act, 1988 7 of 50 https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1988/act/25/enacted/en/print.html?printonload=true (b) in relation to a data processor, the use by a data controller of data equipment in the possession of the data processor and any other services provided by him for a data controller, but does not include an operation performed solely for the purpose of preparing the text of documents; “prohibition notice” means a notice under section 11 of this Act; “the register” means the register established and maintained under section 16 of this Act; and any cognate words shall be construed accordingly. (2) For the purposes of this Act, data are inaccurate if they are incorrect or misleading as to any matter of fact. (3) (a) An appropriate authority, being a data controller or a data processor, may, as respects all or part of the personal data kept by the authority, designate a civil servant in relation to whom it is the appropriate authority to be a data controller or a data processor and, while the designation is in force— (i) the civil servant so designated shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to be a data controller or, as the case may be, a data processor, and (ii) this Act shall not apply to the authority, as respects the data concerned. (b) Without prejudice to paragraph (a) of this subsection, the Minister for Defence may, as respects all or part of the personal data kept by him in relation to the Defence Forces, designate an officer of the Permanent Defence Force who holds a commissioned rank therein to be a data controller or a data processor and, while the designation is in force— (i) the officer so designated shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to be a data controller or, as the case may be, a data processor, and (ii) this Act shall not apply to the Minister for Defence, as respects the data concerned. (c) For the purposes of this Act, as respects any personal data— 21.02.23, 18:36