———————— Number 6 of 2003 ———————— DATA PROTECTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2003 ———————— AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO DIRECTIVE 95/46/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 24 OCTOBER 1995 ON THE PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH REGARD TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA AND ON THE FREE MOVEMENT OF SUCH DATA, FOR THAT PURPOSE TO AMEND THE DATA PROTECTION ACT 1988 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [10th April, 2003] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: 1.—In this Act— Definitions. ‘‘Minister’’ means Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; ‘‘the Principal Act’’ means the Data Protection Act 1988. 2.—Section 1 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection (1)— (i) by the insertion of the following definitions: ‘‘‘the Act of 2003’ means the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003; ‘automated data’ means information that— (a) is being processed by means of equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose, or (b) is recorded with the intention that it should be processed by means of such equipment; ‘blocking’, in relation to data, means so marking the data that it is not possible to process it for purposes in relation to which it is marked; ‘the Directive’ means Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with 5 Amendment of section 1 (interpretation and application of Act) of Principal Act.