The Court Files Privileged Access Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016

Provision of information N.I.

7.—(1) An applicant who meets the eligibility criteria set out at rule 3(1) may be provided by the Department with all information deemed eligible for release.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of rule 7(3), the Department shall review any requested court file to ensure that its release complies with the Data Protection Principles set out in [F1 —

(a) Article 5(1) of the [F2 UK GDPR] , and

(b) section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.]

(3) The Minister may withhold the whole or part of any court file and may impose such conditions, as the Minister sees fit, on the release of the whole or part of any court file.

(4) In order for the Department to release a court file to an applicant under these Rules, the applicant shall—

(a) attend the Office at a time agreed by the Office; and

(b) produce photographic evidence of identity which is reasonably capable of establishing their identity.

(5) Without prejudice to the generality of rule 7(4), the Department may release a court file to an applicant by such other arrangements as the Department may determine where it appears to the Department that it is appropriate to do so.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in rule 7(2) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 409 (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)

F2 Words in rule 7(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 105 (with Sch. 3 para. 112); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)