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Digital Economy Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Ashton of Hyde (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 29 March 2017. It occurred during Debate on bills on Digital Economy Bill.

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

33ZW: After Clause 92, insert the following new Clause—

“Amendments relating to section (Regulations about charges payable to the Information Commissioner)

(1) The Data Protection Act 1998 is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (7).

(2) Omit Part 3 (notification by data controllers).

(3) In section 33A(1)(manual data held by public authorities) omit paragraph (e)(but not the “and” following that paragraph).

(4) In section 71 (index of defined expressions) omit the entries relating to “address”, “fees regulations”, “notification requirements”, “prescribed” and “registrable particulars”.

(5) In Part 2 of Schedule 1 (interpretation of the data protection principles) in paragraph 5 omit paragraph (b) and the “or” preceding that paragraph.

(6) In Part 1 of Schedule 5 (the Information Commissioner) in paragraph 9(1)(destination of fees etc) after “the Freedom of Information Act 2000” insert “and all charges received by the Commissioner under regulations under section (Regulations about charges payable to the Information Commissioner) (1) of the Digital Economy Act 2017”.

(7) In Schedule 14 (transitional provisions and savings) omit paragraph 2 (registration under Part 2 of the Data Protection Act 1984).

(8) In regulation 5(3)(b) of the High Court Enforcement Officers Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/400)(application procedure) omit paragraph (iii).

(9) In consequence of the repeal in subsection (2) the following are repealed or revoked—

(a) section 71 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000;

(b) in paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Transfer of Functions (Miscellaneous) Order 2001 (SI 2001/3500)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1), paragraphs (h) to (m), and

(ii) sub-paragraph (2);

(c) in paragraph 9(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (SI 2003/1887), the words “16, 17, 22, 23, 25, 26,”;

(d) Part 1 of Schedule 20 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009;

(e) paragraph 26 of Schedule 2 to the Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (SI 2010/22).”

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
782 cc701-2 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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