Data Protection Act 2018, Cross Heading: Relevant records is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 25 May 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
1(1)In section 184, “relevant record” means—U.K.
(a)a relevant health record (see paragraph 2),
(b)a relevant record relating to a conviction or caution (see paragraph 3), or
(c)a relevant record relating to statutory functions (see paragraph 4).
(2)A record is not a “relevant record” to the extent that it relates, or is to relate, only to personal data which falls within [F1Article 2(1A) of the UK GDPR] (manual unstructured personal data held by FOI public authorities).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 18 para. 1(2) 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. 2 para. 99(2) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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