Moved by
Lord Rosser
6: Clause 3, page 4, line 21, at end insert—
“(8A) “Journalistic data” means electronic data that—
(a) was created or acquired for the purposes of journalism, and
(b) is stored by or on behalf of a person who created or acquired it for the purposes of journalism.
(8B) Where a person (“R”) receives electronic data from another person (“S”) and S intends R to use the data for the purposes of journalism, R is to be taken to have acquired the data for those purposes.
(8C) Journalistic data is “confidential journalistic data” if—
(a) it is acquired or created by a person or persons in their capacity as a journalist and is held in confidence, or
(b) it is communications data of a person acting in their capacity as a journalist, or
(c) it is held subject to a restriction on disclosure, or an obligation of secrecy, contained in any enactment (whenever passed or made).”