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Exemption from the listed GDPR provisions: data processed by a courtU.K.

18(1)The listed GDPR provisions do not apply to education data if—U.K.

(a)it is processed by a court,

(b)it consists of information supplied in a report or other evidence given to the court in the course of proceedings to which rules listed in subparagraph (2) apply, and

(c)in accordance with those rules, the data may be withheld by the court in whole or in part from the data subject.

(2)Those rules are—

(a)the Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1969 (S.R. (N.I.) 1969 No. 221);

(b)the Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) Rules 1992 (S.I. 1992/2071 (L. 17));

(c)the Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. (N.I.) 1996 No. 322);

(d)the Magistrates' Courts (Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. (N. I.) 1996 No. 323);

(e)the Act of Sederunt (Child Care and Maintenance Rules) 1997 (S.I. 1997/291 (S. 19));

(f)the Sheriff Court Adoption Rules 2009;

(g)the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/2955 (L. 17));

(h)the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children's Hearings) Rules 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/194).

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