PART 2General processing
CHAPTER 2F1 The UK GDPR
Transfers of personal data to third countries etc
I118Transfers of personal data to third countries etcF2: public interest
1
The Secretary of State may by regulations specify, for the purposes of Article 49(1)(d) of the F3UK GDPR—
a
circumstances in which a transfer of personal data to a third country or international organisation is to be taken to be necessary for important reasons of public interest, and
b
circumstances in which a transfer of personal data to a third country or international organisation which is not required by an enactment is not to be taken to be necessary for important reasons of public interest.
2
The Secretary of State may by regulations restrict the transfer of a category of personal data to a third country or international organisation where—
F4a
the transfer cannot take place based on adequacy regulations (see section 17A), and
b
the Secretary of State considers the restriction to be necessary for important reasons of public interest.
3
Regulations under this section—
a
are subject to the made affirmative resolution procedure where the Secretary of State has made an urgency statement in respect of them;
b
are otherwise subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.
4
For the purposes of this section, an urgency statement is a reasoned statement that the Secretary of State considers it desirable for the regulations to come into force without delay.
Pt. 2 Ch. 2 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 7 (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)