Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 19 U.K. Minor and consequential amendments

PART 1 U.K. Amendments of primary legislation

Medical Act 1983 (c. 54) U.K.

25 (1) Paragraph 5A of Schedule 4 (professional performance assessments and health assessments) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In sub-paragraph (8), after “enactment” insert “ or the GDPR ”.

(3) For sub-paragraph (8A) substitute—

“(8A) In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraph (8) whether a disclosure is prohibited, it is to be assumed for the purposes of paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 2 to the Data Protection Act 2018 and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 11 to that Act (exemptions from certain provisions of the data protection legislation: disclosures required by law) that the disclosure is required by this paragraph.”

(4) After sub-paragraph (13) insert—

“(14) In this paragraph, “the GDPR” and references to Schedule 2 to the Data Protection Act 2018 have the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of that Act (see section 3(10), (11) and (14) of that Act).”