HL Deb 29 June 1984 vol 453 cc1170-1

8 Clause 5, page 5, line 11, leave out ("or use any such data") and insert ("any such date, or use any such data held by him.")

9 Clause 5, page 5,line 14, after ("data,") insert ("to be held by him")

10 Clause 5, page 5, line 16, after ("data") insert ("held by him")

11 Clause 5, page 5, line 18, after ("data") insert ("held by him")

12 Clause 5, page 5, line 21, leave out subsection (3) and insert— ("(3) A servant or agent of a person to whom subsection (2) above applies shall, as respects personal data held by that person, be subject to the same restrictions on the use, disclosure or transfer of the data as those to which that person is subject under paragraphs (b), (d) and (e) of that subsection and, as respects personal data to be held by that person, to the same restrictions as those to which he is subject under paragraph (c) of that subsection.").

Lord Elton

My Lords, I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 8 to 12 en bloc. The first four of these amendments, which all affect Clause 5, deal with the offences that may be committed under Clause 5 by registered data users and ensure that the scope of the offences is limited to personal data which are held, in the very special sense used by the Bill, by registered persons in question.

Amendment No. 12 modifies the application of the offences to the servants or agents of registered persons. It ensures that the use as well as the disclosure, transfer, and so on, of personal data by such a servant or agent in a manner not specified in the relevant register entry will be an offence. These five amendments merely iron out anomalies in the formulation of the Clause 5 offences, and I hope that your Lordships will accept them. I beg to move.

Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said amendments.—(Lord Elton.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.