Health Identifiers Act 2014
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PART 6 Application of Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 | ||
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Application of Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 | ||
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27. (1) (a) A living individual’s individual health identifier held by a person to whom this paragraph applies shall be considered personal data for the purposes of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003. | ||
(b) Paragraph (a) applies to— | ||
(i) the Minister, | ||
(ii) a specified person, and | ||
(iii) the Executive in its capacity (if any) as a delegatee under a delegation made under section 26 . | ||
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, subsection (1) shall not be construed to prevent a living individual’s individual health identifier held by a person other than a person to whom paragraph (a) of that subsection applies from being personal data in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003. | ||
(3) Sections 2(1) (d) (inserted by section 3 of the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 ) and 2C (inserted by section 4 of the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 ) of the Data Protection Act 1988 shall apply to a deceased individual’s relevant information (individual) as those sections apply to a living individual’s relevant information (individual). |