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Data Protection Act 2018
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- “*the relevant time*” means the time when the amendments of the 2004 Regulations in Schedule 19 to this Act come into force.
#### Protection of personal data
#### Definitions
#### Limits on fees that may be charged by controllers
#### National security and defence exemption
#### Meaning of “competent authority”
#### Meaning of “controller” and “processor”
#### Power to reflect changes to the Data Protection Convention
#### Territorial application of this Act
#### Overview
#### Processing to which this Part applies
#### Special categories of personal data etc: supplementary
#### Manual unstructured data used in longstanding historical research
#### Processing to which this Part applies
#### Processing to which this Part applies
#### Regulations and consultation
#### Index of defined expressions
### Employment, social security and social protection
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[^key-e2376d4e7ebdd9a757cdbb27840c896f]: Act modified (14.2.2020) by [The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/156)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/156), [arts. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/156/article/1), [17(2)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/156/article/17/2/e)
[^key-b43bb1f6638b5994d92beeecf2ab27a2]: S. 207 modified (30.9.2020) by [The Channel Tunnel (Arrangements with the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/916)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/916), [arts. 1(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/916/article/1/2/b), [4(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/916/article/4/3)[(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/916/article/4/4)
[^key-ce61eaf66563099c85e4f387c32e5c33]: Act applied (30.9.2020) by [The Channel Tunnel (Arrangements with the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/916)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/916), [arts. 1(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/916/article/1/2/b), [4(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/916/article/4/3)
[^key-953b9df49e10ea57d7c67ec16df9d1c0]: Act excluded (30.9.2020) by [The Channel Tunnel (Arrangements with the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/916)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/916), [arts. 1(2)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/916/article/1/2/b)[4(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/916/article/4/4)
[^key-ed56ea896273a41068d24de6c71e6165]: [Sch. 6](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/schedule/6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of [The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/419), [reg. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/419/regulation/1/2), [Sch. 2 para. 96](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/419/schedule/2/paragraph/96) (with [reg. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/419/regulation/5)); [2020 c. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/1), [Sch. 5 para. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1)
[^M_I_ad986912-0e3e-41e4-b0ef-7542e2eaf538]: S. 3 in force at Royal Assent, see [s. 212(2)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/212/2/a)
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