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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Data Protection (Processing of Sensitive Personal Data) Order 2006 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Data Protection Act 1998;
“caution” means a caution given to any person in England and Wales or Northern Ireland in respect of an offence which, at the time when the caution is given, is admitted and includes a reprimand or warning to which section 65 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998() applies;
“conviction” has the same meaning as in section 56 of the Act;
“payment card” includes a credit card, a charge card and a debit card;
“pseudo-photograph” includes an image, whether made by computer-graphics or otherwise howsoever, which appears to be a photograph.
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