Personal Data Protection
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PART III
EXEMPTION
Exemption
45. (1) There shall be exempted from the provisions of this Act
personal data processed by an individual only for the purposes of
that individual’s personal, family or household affairs, including
recreational purposes.
(2) Subject to section 46, personal data—
(a) processed for—
(i) the prevention or detection of crime or for the
purpose of investigations;
(ii) the apprehension or prosecution of offenders; or
(iii) the assessment or collection of any tax or duty or
any other imposition of a similar nature,
shall be exempted from the General Principle, Notice
and Choice Principle, Disclosure Principle and Access
Principle and other related provisions of this Act;
(b) processed in relation to information of the physical or
mental health of a data subject shall be exempted from
the Access Principle and other related provisions of this
Act of which the application of the provisions to the
data subject would be likely to cause serious harm to
the physical or mental health of the data subject or any
other individual;
(c) processed for preparing statistics or carrying out research
shall be exempted from the General Principle, Notice
and Choice Principle, Disclosure Principle and Access
Principle and other related provisions of this Act, provided
that such personal data is not processed for any other
purpose and that the resulting statistics or the results
of the research are not made available in a form which
identifies the data subject;
(d) that is necessary for the purpose of or in connection with
any order or judgement of a court shall be exempted
from the General Principle, Notice and Choice Principle,
Disclosure Principle and Access Principle and other
related provisions of this Act;