13(1)Section 6 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Data Protection Commissioner and the Data Protection Tribunal) is amended as follows.
(2)For subsection (1) there is substituted—
“(1)For the purposes of this Act and of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 there shall be an officer known as the Information Commissioner (in this Act referred to as “the Commissioner”).”
(3)For subsection (3) there is substituted—
“(3)For the purposes of this Act and of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 there shall be a tribunal known as the Information Tribunal (in this Act referred to as “the Tribunal”).”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 13 wholly in force at 14.5.2001; Sch. 2 para. 13(1)(2) in force at 30.1.2001, see s. 87(2)(c)(3); Sch. 2 para. 13(3) in force at 14.5.2001 by S.I. 2001/1637, art. 2(b)