SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 19Minor and consequential amendments
PART 1Amendments of primary legislation
Medical Act 1983 (c. 54)
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Paragraph 5A of Schedule 4 (professional performance assessments and health assessments) is amended as follows.
2
In sub-paragraph (8), after “enactment” insert “
or the GDPR
”
.
3
For sub-paragraph (8A) substitute—
8A
In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraph (8) whether a disclosure is prohibited, it is to be assumed for the purposes of paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 2 to the Data Protection Act 2018 and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 11 to that Act (exemptions from certain provisions of the data protection legislation: disclosures required by law) that the disclosure is required by this paragraph.
4
After sub-paragraph (13) insert—
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In this paragraph, “the GDPR” and references to Schedule 2 to the Data Protection Act 2018 have the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of that Act (see section 3(10), (11) and (14) of that Act).