S.I. No. 486/2011 - Data Protection Act 1988 (Section 2B) Regulations 2011.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 30th September, 2011. | ||
WHEREAS the Government on 13 June 2011 decided to establish an Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries; | ||
AND WHEREAS the Minister for Justice and Equality, has appointed Senator Martin McAleese to chair the aforementioned Committee; | ||
AND WHEREAS the Committee will perform a function of a public nature in the public interest; | ||
AND WHEREAS it is necessary for the performance of that function and for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued that personal data be processed; | ||
AND WHEREAS there are reasons of substantial public interest for the facts of State involvement in the Magdalen Laundries to be established; | ||
AND WHEREAS it is necessary for those reasons of substantial public interest that sensitive personal data be disclosed to and processed by the aforementioned Committee; | ||
NOW I, ALAN SHATTER, Minister for Justice and Equality (as adapted by the Justice and Law Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 138 of 2011 )), in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2B(1)(b)(xi) (inserted by section 4 of the Data Protection Act 2003 (No. 6 of 2003)) of the Data Protection Act 1988 (No. 25 of 1988) for reasons of substantial public interest, hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Data Protection Act 1988 (Section 2B) Regulations 2011. | ||
2. In these Regulations “Committee” means the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries, established in pursuance of a decision of the Government made on 13 June 2011; | ||
3. Processing of sensitive personal data by a data controller, at the request of the Committee in furtherance of its functions, is authorised for reasons of substantial public interest. | ||
4. Processing of sensitive personal data by the Committee in furtherance of its functions is authorised for reasons of substantial public interest. | ||
5. Sensitive personal data processed in accordance with Regulation 4 shall not be disclosed except in so far as it is necessary for the performance of the functions of the Committee to do so. | ||
6. Sensitive personal data processed in accordance with Regulation 4 shall not be published except with the consent of the data subject. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
27 September 2011. | ||
ALAN SHATTER, | ||
Minister for Justice and Equality. |