SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 19Minor and consequential amendments

PART 1Amendments of primary legislation

204Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 4 (N.I.))

1

Section 49 of the Police Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (disclosure of information) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (4), for paragraph (a) substitute—

a

sections 142 to 154, 160 to 164 and 174 to 176 of, or Schedule 15 to, the Data Protection Act 2018 (certain provisions relating to enforcement),

3

For subsection (5) substitute—

5

The offences are those under—

a

any provision of the Data Protection Act 2018 other than paragraph 15 of Schedule 15 (powers of entry and inspection: offences),

b

section 77 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (offence of altering etc records with intent to prevent disclosure).

4

After subsection (6) insert—

7

In this section, “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).