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).