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27.—(1) In this Part—
“the Act” means the Data Protection Act 1998(1);
“the Commissioner” means the Information Commissioner established by section 6 of the Act (the Commissioner);
“data” and “data subject” have the meanings given by section 1 of the Act (basic interpretative provisions);
“the Data Protection Framework Decision” means Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA of 27th November 2008 on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters(2);
“Member State” means an EEA State;
“non-UK competent authority” means—
any of the police, customs, judicial or other competent authorities of a Member State other than the United Kingdom authorised by that State’s national law to process personal data within the scope of the Data Protection Framework Decision; and
an agency or other body established by a legal instrument adopted under Title VI of the Treaty on European Union (as it had effect before 1st December 2009) or Chapter 1, 4 or 5 of Title V of Part Three of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union that is not in the UK;
“personal data” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Act;
“the relevant conditions” has the meaning given by section 33(1) of the Act (research, history and statistics);
“sensitive personal data” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Act (sensitive personal data); and
“UK competent authority” means an authority referred to in Schedule 4.
(2) Other expressions used in this Part which are defined in the Data Protection Framework Decision have the same meaning as in that Decision.
OJ No. L 350, 30.12.2008, p. 60.
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