Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022

Data processing

46. (1) Each of the following bodies may, in so far as is necessary and proportionate, process personal data for the performance by it of its functions under this Act:

(a) a designated local authority;

(b) the Housing Agency;

(c) the Appeals Panel; and

(d) an Appeal Board.

(2) The Minister may prescribe—

(a) the personal data that may be processed under subsection (1).

(b) the circumstances in which the personal data may be processed, including specifying the persons to whom the data may be disclosed, and

(c) such conditions as the Minister considers appropriate to impose on such processing.

(3) In this section—

“General Data Protection Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 1 ;

“personal data” has the same meaning as it has in the General Data Protection Regulation;

“processing”, in relation to personal data, has the same meaning as it has in the General Data Protection Regulation.

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