Data Protection Act 2018

Crown honours, dignities and appointments

15 (1) The listed GDPR provisions do not apply to personal data processed for the purposes of the conferring by the Crown of any honour or dignity.

(2) The listed GDPR provisions do not apply to personal data processed for the purposes of assessing a person’s suitability for any of the following offices—

(a) archbishops and diocesan and suffragan bishops in the Church of England;

(b) deans of cathedrals of the Church of England;

(c) deans and canons of the two Royal Peculiars;

(d) the First and Second Church Estates Commissioners;

(e) lord-lieutenants;

(f) Masters of Trinity College and Churchill College, Cambridge;

(g) the Provost of Eton;

(h) the Poet Laureate;

(i) the Astronomer Royal.

(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend the list in sub-paragraph (2) to—

(a) remove an office, or

(b) add an office to which appointments are made by Her Majesty.

(4) Regulations under sub-paragraph (3) are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.