CHAPTER 1Scope and definitions
4Processing to which this Part applies
(1)This Part is relevant to most processing of personal data.
(2)Chapter 2 of this Part—
(a)applies to the types of processing of personal data to which the GDPR applies by virtue of Article 2 of the GDPR, and
(b)supplements, and must be read with, the GDPR.
(3)Chapter 3 of this Part—
(a)applies to certain types of processing of personal data to which the GDPR does not apply (see section 21), and
(b)makes provision for a regime broadly equivalent to the GDPR to apply to such processing.
5Definitions
(1)Terms used in Chapter 2 of this Part and in the GDPR have the same meaning in Chapter 2 as they have in the GDPR.
(2)In subsection (1), the reference to a term’s meaning in the GDPR is to its meaning in the GDPR read with any provision of Chapter 2 which modifies the term’s meaning for the purposes of the GDPR.
(3)Subsection (1) is subject to any provision in Chapter 2 which provides expressly for the term to have a different meaning and to section 204.
(4)Terms used in Chapter 3 of this Part and in the applied GDPR have the same meaning in Chapter 3 as they have in the applied GDPR.
(5)In subsection (4), the reference to a term’s meaning in the applied GDPR is to its meaning in the GDPR read with any provision of Chapter 2 (as applied by Chapter 3 ) or Chapter 3 which modifies the term’s meaning for the purposes of the applied GDPR.
(6)Subsection (4) is subject to any provision in Chapter 2 (as applied by Chapter 3 ) or Chapter 3 which provides expressly for the term to have a different meaning.
(7)A reference in Chapter 2 or Chapter 3 of this Part to the processing of personal data is to processing to which the Chapter applies.
(8)Sections 3 and 205 include definitions of other expressions used in this Part.