[No. 6.]
Data Protection (Amendment) Act
2003.
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[2003.]
(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of this subsection, each of the following shall be treated
as established in the State:
(i) an individual who is normally resident in
the State,
(ii) a body incorporated under the law of the
State,
(iii) a partnership or other unincorporated
association formed under the law of the
State, and
(iv) a person who does not fall within subparagraphs (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph,
but maintains in the State—
(I) an office, branch or agency through
which he or she carries on any
activity, or
(II) a regular practice,
and the reference to establishment in any
other state that is a contracting party to the
EEA Agreement shall be construed
accordingly.
(c) A data controller to whom paragraph (a)(ii)
of this subsection applies must, without prejudice to any legal proceedings that could be
commenced against the data controller, designate a representative established in the State.
(3C) Section 2 and sections 2A and 2B (which sections
were inserted by the Act of 2003) of this Act shall not
apply to—
(a) data kept solely for the purpose of historical
research, or
(b) other data consisting of archives or departmental
records (within the meaning in each case of
the National Archives Act 1986),
and the keeping of which complies with such requirements (if any) as may be prescribed for the purpose of
safeguarding the fundamental rights and freedoms of
data subjects.’’,
and
(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection
(4):
‘‘(5) (a) A right conferred by this Act shall not prejudice the exercise of a right conferred by the
Freedom of Information Act 1997.
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