Data Protection Act 2018

Amendment of section 62 of Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017

231. Section 62 of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) ensures compliance with the Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

“(5) In this section, ‘Data Protection Regulation’ means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 201653 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).”.

53 OJ No. L 119, 4.5.2016, p.1