- a de-registration notice
means a notice under section 11 above;
- a transfer prohibition notice
means a notice under section 12 above;
- an enforcement notice
means a notice under section 10 above;
- business
includes any trade or profession;
- Data
means information recorded in a form in which it can be processed by equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose.
- data equipment
means equipment for the automatic processing of data or for recording information so that it can be automatically processed;
- data material
means any document or other material used in connection with data equipment;
- Data subject
means an individual who is the subject of personal data.
- data user
means a person who holds data, and a person “holds” data if—
- enactment
includes an enactment passed after this Act;
- examination
includes any process for determining the knowledge, intelligence, skill or ability of a candidate by reference to his performance in any test, work or other activity.
- financial year
means a period of twelve months beginning with 1st April.
- government department
includes a Northern Ireland department and any body or authority exercising statutory functions on behalf of the Crown;
- pension
includes an allowance or gratuity and any reference to the payment of a pension includes a reference to the making of payments towards the provision of a pension.
- pensions
includes gratuities or similar benefits.
- Personal data
means data consisting of information which relates to a living individual who can be identified from that information (or from that and other information in the possession of the data user), including any expression of opinion about the individual but not any indication of the intentions of the data user in respect of that individual.
- premises
includes any vessel, vehicle, aircraft or hovercraft, and references to the occupier of any premises include references to the person in charge of any vessel, vehicle, aircraft or hovercraft.
- prescribed
means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;
- registered company
means a company registered under the enactments relating to companies for the time being in force in any part of the United Kingdom;
- remuneration
includes remuneration in kind and “pensions” includes gratuities or similar benefits.
- the European Convention
means the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data which was opened for signature on 28th January 1981;
- the non-disclosure provisions
means—
- the Registrar
means the Data Protection Registrar;
- the subject access provisions
means—
- the Tribunal
means the Data Protection Tribunal.