PART 6

Enforcement

The special purposes

Review of processing of personal data for the purposes of journalism
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1
The Commissioner must—
a
review the extent to which, during each review period, the processing of personal data for the purposes of journalism complied with—
i
the data protection legislation, and
ii
good practice in the processing of personal data for the purposes of journalism,
b
prepare a report of the review, and
c
submit the report to the Secretary of State.
2
In this section—
- “good practice in the processing of personal data for the purposes of journalism” has the same meaning as in section 124;
- “review period” means—
  1. the period of 4 years beginning with the day on which Chapter 2 of Part 2 of this Act comes into force, and
  2. each subsequent period of 5 years beginning with the day after the day on which the previous review period ended.
3
The Commissioner must start a review under this section, in respect of a review period, within the period of 6 months beginning when the review period ends.
4
The Commissioner must submit the report of a review under this section to the Secretary of State—
a
in the case of the first review, before the end of the period of 18 months beginning when the Commissioner started the review, and
b
in the case of each subsequent review, before the end of the period of 12 months beginning when the Commissioner started the review.
5
The report must include consideration of the extent of compliance (as described in subsection (1)(a)) in each part of the United Kingdom.
6
The Secretary of State must—
a
lay the report before Parliament, and
b
send a copy of the report to—
i
the Scottish Ministers,
ii
the Welsh Ministers, and
iii
the Executive Office in Northern Ireland.
7
Schedule 17 makes further provision for the purposes of a review under this section.
Pt. 6 applied in part (with modifications) by S.I. 2016/696, Sch. 2 (as substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 406 (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g) (with reg. 4))
S. 178 in force at 23.7.2018, see s. 212(3)(d)