[2003.]
Data Protection (Amendment) Act
2003.
[No. 6.]
payable to the State and the data S.4
has been provided by the data
subject solely for that purpose,
(xiii) the processing is necessary for the
purposes of determining entitlement to or control of, or any
other purpose connected with the
administration of any benefit,
pension, assistance, allowance,
supplement or payment under
the
Social
Welfare
(Consolidation) Act 1993, or any nonstatutory scheme administered by
the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs.
(2) The Minister may by regulations made
after consultation with the Commissioner—
(a) exclude the application of subsection
(1)(b)(ii) of this section in such cases
as may be specified, or
(b) provide that, in such cases as may be
specified, the condition in the said
subsection (1)(b)(ii) is not to be
regarded as satisfied unless such
further conditions as may be specified
are also satisfied.
(3) The Minister may by regulations make
such provision as he considers appropriate for the
protection of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data as to—
(a) the commission or alleged commission of
any offence by data subjects,
(b) any proceedings for an offence committed or alleged to have been committed by data subjects, the disposal of
such proceedings or the sentence of
any court in such proceedings,
(c) any act or omission or alleged act or
omission of data subjects giving rise to
administrative sanctions,
(d) any civil proceedings in a court or other
tribunal to which data subjects are
parties or any judgment, order or
decision of such a tribunal in any such
proceedings,
and processing of personal data shall be in compliance with any regulations under this
subsection.
(4) In this section—
‘health professional’ includes a registered medical
practitioner, within the meaning of the Medical
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